Behzad Ghafarizadeh

• PhD in mechanical engineering from University of Quebec-École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS- Université du Québec), Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Master of Science in materials engineering from University of Tehran, Iran • Bachelor of Science in materials engineering from Chamran University, Iran ==Awards==

• Honorable Mention of the 44th Piracicaba International Humor Salon 2017, Brazil • Honorable Mention of the Just For Laughs 2015 International Visual Arts Contest, Montreal, Canada 2015 • First prize of the 23rd University Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Brazil, 2015 • The second Best Foreign Cartoon in Maya Kamath cartoon award, India, 2015 • Honorable Mention of 6th Salão Medplan de Humor, Brazil 2014 • Second prize, visual art competition ArtMTL, Un artiste, Une œuvre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2014 • Second prize, International Cartoon Contest of Spirito di Vin, Italy 2013 • Winner, 2012 Global Editorial Cartoon Competition, CIPE, United States 2012. • Winner, Color Graphic Humor at the 14th Edition of the Salon Diogenes Taborda Festival, Argentina 2009 • Winner, 1st International Cartoonet - Street Children, Iran 2008 • Selected prize of 5th Free CartoonsWeb International Cartoon Festival, China ==Exhibitions==

• Toons Mag International Cartoon Contest, Women's Rights, India, 2016 • Cartoon exhibition (ARToon) in "Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec " with Oleg Dergachov, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2015 • Exhibition of the 23rd University Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba, Brazil, 2015 (Group Exhibition) • Exhibition of the XXIII International Design for Press, Portugal, 2015 (Group Exhibition) • ArtMTL, Un artiste, Une œuvre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2014 (Group Exhibition) • 8 March Women's Rights Day Cartoon Exhibition, Antalya, Türkiye, 2013 (Group Exhibition) • Individual cartoon exhibition in "Iranian House of Cartoon", Tehran, Iran, 2006 ==References==