Mojtaba Heidarpanah facts for kids
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Mojtaba Heidarpanah
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| مجتبی حیدرپناه | |
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| Born | April 6, 1990 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Education | Yazd University |
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Mojtaba Heidarpanah (Persian: مجتبی حیدرپناه) was born on April 6, 1990, in Abadeh, Iran. He is a talented Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, painter, character designer, and animator.
Mojtaba Heidarpanah is famous for his cartoon series called "Riot Police." One of his works from this series, "The Thinker," won third place in the 37th Aydin Dogan Cartoon Competition. You might also know his artwork of the Bending Streetlight, which became a popular meme on the internet starting in 2019.
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Mojtaba's Early Life and Art
Mojtaba was born in the city of Abadeh. He is the sixth child of Gholam Hossein Heidarpanah, who is a master of woodcarving in Abadeh.
When Mojtaba was a child, he discovered cartoons by reading the weekly newspaper Golagha. He started drawing on his own. In 2007, he won his first cartoon award at the "Bread and Art" Cartoon Festival in Fars. Later, he studied painting at Yazd University.
His Journey as an Artist
Mojtaba Heidarpanah started his career as a cartoonist in 2008. He shared his drawings online to get feedback from other Persian artists. This helped him get better at his art.
In 2010, he won a big award at the International Cartoon Festival in Iran. The main idea of this festival was "effort." Over ten years, Mojtaba has won many awards at cartoon festivals around the world. These include places like Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Slovakia, Serbia, and Turkey.
Mojtaba loves cartoons because they let him share ideas with people. He says, "Cartoon is my communicative device which lets me talk to the people of the world without knowing their languages." He enjoys making people think with just one drawing.
He has worked as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator for many important newspapers and magazines in Iran. Some of these include Ghanoon newspaper, Jame Jam newspaper, and Farhikhtegan newspaper.
The Bending Streetlight Meme
The Bending Streetlight meme was created by Mojtaba Heidarpanah. It first appeared on his Instagram page in 2019. This picture shows a streetlight that looks like it's bending towards a house.
The image quickly became very popular online. Its funny and unusual look made many people laugh. It spread fast across different meme websites. The bending streetlight became a symbol of funny, unexpected things and surreal humor on the internet.
Awards and Achievements
Mojtaba Heidarpanah has received many awards for his amazing artwork. Here are some of them:
- Special diploma at the International Cartoon Festival of Jiaxing, China (2010)
- First Prize at the First International Cartoon Festival of North Khorasan, Iran (2010)
- Third Prize at the 11th International Cartoon Competition in SOKOBANJA, Serbia (2012)
- Special Prize at the 45th International Cartoon Competition in Umoristi a Marostica, Italy (2013)
- Special Diploma at the 6th International Cartoon Contest UrziceiI, Romania (2013)
- Special Prize at the 30th International Cartoon Competition in Aydin Dogan, Turkey (2013)
- Second Prize at the 20th International Visual Arts Festival for Young Artists, Iran (2013)
- First Prize at the 2nd International Contest of Social Illustrations, Argentina (2013)
- Second Prize at the 31st International Cartoon Competition in Aydin Dogan (2014)
- Special Prize at the 8th International Cartoon Contest, Mexico (2016)
- Special Prize of the 8th "La Ciudad de las" International cartoon festival (2016)
- Special Prize Of "ACCES" Association of the HumoDeva (2015)
- Special Prize International Competition Brain Sneezing Slovakia (2016)
- Special Prize of XXIV International Festival of Satire and Humor (2016)
- Finalists Of The International Cartoon Kid Contest, Italy (2016)
- Third Prize International Cartoon Festival Olense Kartoenale, Belgium (2016)
- Special Prize of the 43rd International Festival of Caricature and Cartoon Piracicaba (2016)
- Golden prize of the 41st International Cartoon Festival LIE Championship, Italy (2017)
- Honorable Mention Award of Equal Rights and Gender Equality International Cartoon Contest (2019-2020)
- Second Prize at the 28th International Satire and Humor Festival City of Trento in Italy (2020)
- Second prize at the 5th International Cartoon Contest Animalcartoon in Serbia (2020)
