Ali Miraee (born Seyed Ali Miraee in Tehran in 18 July 1979) is an Iranian cartoonist and illustrator for economic, political, cultural, and professional newspapers, magazines and Books.
He is particularly known for his work for the Shargh daily, Etemad newspaper and Tanz-o-Caricature magazine.
Ali Miraee started his artistic activity with the "Humor & Caricature Monthly" and won his first prestigious international award in 1995, from the second Tehran International Cartoon Biennial. What distinguishes him from other cartoonists is his mastery of different categories of cartoons. He has received world-renowned awards in various branches of cartoons, such as portrait caricature, comic strip, editorial cartoon and black cartoon in from Romania, Canada, South Korea, Poland, Italy, Belgium, Czech, Colombia, China, Turkey, Montenegro, Cyprus, Greece, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Serbia, etc. Although most of his specialties is funny cartoon.
The subjects of Ali Miraee's cartoons also reflect his vision and judgment of the world around him, which has made him an artist with a unique vision. Many of his cartoons are about religion and superstition, and this is significant given that he lives in a country with religious authority.
Miraee's work Communists was entered and received the Grand Prix from the International Jury Satyrykon 2019.
The winning work presents two tragic consequences for the world of dictators: Joseph Stalin and the Korean leader Kim Jong Una. On a satirical drawing, the faces of both figures are interestingly complementary: Stalin's mustache is also the hair of Kim Jong Una. â The work is humorous by the author's idea, but it really is an important warning that evil is still going on, it results from one another. Apart from this drawing, you simply can not be indifferent â says prof. Eugeniusz Skorwider from the University of Arts in Poznaà Â, chairman of this year's Jury.
â The work is great also because of its versatility. His message will be clear in every corner of the world â emphasizes Grzegorz Szczepaniak, director of the Legnica Culture Center, the organizer of Satyrykon.