TEHRAN -- The Iranian cartoonist Dokhshdi Qodratipur has was won a prize at the Satyrykon International Cartoon Exhibition in Poland.

 

She won the Mayor of Legnica Award for her cartoon “Movement” on February 26.

 

The items in the competition were original drawings, graphics, and other works of fine arts and photography created with the use of optional techniques and completed within the past two years.

 

Some 2,008 works by 560 artists from 49 countries around the world were submitted, and the jury selected 174 works by 119 artists for the post-competition exhibition. 

 

First prize in the Joke Section went to Józef Jurczyszyn (Poland) for his untitled work and Grzegorz Stanczyk (Poland) was awarded first prize in the Social Satire Section for his work entitled with “Hunting”.

 

The Satyrykon exhibition is a competition open to cartoonists, engravers, sculptors, poster-designers, and photographers.

 

Every year, a few hundred artists from around the world send thousands of their works to Satyrykon.

 

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