MA in Graphic Design, Azad Art University, Tehran-1970

      Illustrator, Painter and Graphic Designer

• Jury Member, Children and Youth Painting and Caricature Festival, Iran, 2006
• Jury Member, Art and Security Festival, Iran, 2007
• Selection Board Member, Illustrators Book of the Year, Iran, 2009
• Jury Member and Secretary, Illustration Section, Azadegan Visual Arts Festival, Iran, 2010
• Jury Member, Illustration Section, 4^th  Fajr Visual Arts Festival, Iran, 2011
• Selection Board Member, Tehran Municipality Nowrooz Festival, 2012
• Jury Member, Illustration Section, International Besmellah Festival, Iran, 2013
• Selection Board Member, 6^th Tehran Illustration Biennial, 2013
• Selection Board and Jury Member, Illustration Section, 6^th Fajr Visual Arts Festival, 2013
• Selection Board and Jury Member, Didar-e Nou Urban Graphics Festival, Tehran, 2013
• Jury Member, Illustration Section, Children’s Book Council Awards, 2014
• Selection Board and Jury Member, Dadar-e Nou Urban Graphics Festival, Tehran, 2014
• Jury Member, Selection of Iran’s Exemplary Publisher, 2015
• Jury Member, Koranic Books Illustration, 2015
• Jury Member, Illustration Section, 9^th Ashourai Art of Mourning, 2015
• Jury Member, Graphic design, Baharestan,The Annual Urban arts, Tehran 2016
• Selection Board Member, Illustration Section 1^st Nafas Arts Festival, 2016
• Jury Member, Illustration section, of the 3^rd mourning visual arts of red and black in the color of love, 2016

• Jury Member, 4^th Mohtasham, Honorable Art and Literature Award, 2016
• Jury Member, Illustration Section, Children’s Book Council Awards, 2016
• Jury Member, 1^st electronic banking illustration festival, 2016
• Jury Member, poster and statue section of the 9th Best Children and Adolescents Book Festival, 2017
• Jury Member, Selection of Iran’s Exemplary Publisher, 2017
• Jury Member, 5^th illustration section Art Festival, Resistance, 2018
• Secretary, Illustration Section, 11^th Fajr Visual Arts Festival, 2018
• Jury Member, 3^rd biennial art design, Neshan Shiraze, 2018
• Policy council Member, Ahwaz National Environmental Illustration Competition, 2019
• Jury Member, selecting the best publisher of the year in country, 2019
• Jury Member, National Workshop of Graphic Design and Illustration Nowruz (Tehran Urban Arts Annual), 2020
• Jury Member, illustration section of the 27^th Iranian Youth Visual Arts Festival, 2020

---

List of Awards and Other Distinctions

1996

• The prize and certificate of honor for cover design; The Fifth Book Festival of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
• The prize and certificate of honor for illustration of (Butterfly in the Wind); The Book Festival of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
• The special prize and certificate of honor for illustration; TheFifth Biannual of Graphic Designers

1999

• The prize and Crystal Pen for illustration; The Sixth National Press Festivalof the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

2000

• The first prize and certificate of honor for illustration; The Sixth International Exhibition of the Holy Quran

2001

• The first prize and certificate of honor for illustration of (The Legends of People around the World); The Eighth Press Festival of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

2002

• The certificate of honor for illustration; Asian Illustrators’ Competition, Japan (BAIJ)
• The prize and Crystal Pen forillustration; The Ninth National Press Festivalof the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
• The prize and certificate of honor for illustration; The Children’s Book Writers Association
• The prize and certificate of honor for illustration; The Tenth Book Festival at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

2003

• The certificate of honor for book cover; The First Book Cover Design Exhibition and Competition
• The certificate of honor for illustration (The Mad Man and The Well); The Children’s Book Council of Iran (CBC)
• Thecertificate of honor for book cover; The Graphic Designers’ Biennial Exhibition

2004

• The certificate of honor for illustration (The Mad Man and The Well); the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)

2005

• The prize and Crystal Pen for Illustration; The Twelfth National Press Festivalof the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

2006

• The certificate of honor for illustration; The Best Book Festival by The Association of Children’s Books Publishers
• The first prize and the certificate of honor for book cover design; The Tenth Year Book of Holy Defense Festival
• The first prize and the certificate of honor for book cover design; The Thirteenth National Press Festivalof the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
• The first prize and the certificate of honor for book cover design; The First Perseverance Festival
• The prize and the certificate of honor for poster design; The First Perseverance Festival

2007

• The certificate of honor for poster; The Second Biennial of the Islamic World Posters
• The third prize for book cover design; The Fourteenth National Press Festivalof the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
• The First prize and the certificate of honor for illustration; The Third Illustration Festival for Curricular Books of the Ministry of Education

2008

• The prize and certificate of honor for illustration (Mah Pishani of our Story); The Fourteenth National Press Festival of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

2009

• The First prize and the certificate of honor for illustration; The Twelfth Festival of Islamic books
• The certificate of honor for illustration (The King and the Deer); The Children’s Book Council Of Iran (CBC)

2010

• The prize and the certificate of honor for book cover design; The Fifteenth Year Book of Holy Defense Festival
• Recipient of the certificate of honor for illustration (Secret: Based on the Story of Rumi’s Masnavi), The Children’s Book Council of Iran (CBC)

2013

• The First prize for book cover design; The First Biennial of literature Festival of Kaam-e Yousef
• The certificate of honor for illustration; The Bologna Illustration Exhibition/ Italy
• The certificate of honor for illustration; The International Compotation for Illustration of Rumi’s Stories/ Norway
• Recipient of hourly diploma for illustration (Arash: The Tale of Archery of the Storytelling Man), The Children’s Book Council of Iran (CBC)

2014

• The certificate of honor for illustration (Rostam and Esfandiar), The Children’s Book Council of Iran (CBC) for
• The prize and certificate of honor for illustration; The Seventeenth National Press Festival of The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
• The certificate of honor and the golden plaque, for illustration, The Sharjah Illustrations Exhibition

2015

• The certificate of honor and the golden plaque, for illustration, The Sharjah Illustrations Exhibition
• Nominee, Illustration Section, International Hans Christian Andersen Award (Amongst the five finalists), 2016

2016

• Nominee, International Global Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), 2016
• The prize and certificate of honor for book cover design; The Eighteenth National Press Festival of The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

2017

• Received the honorary diploma of the best artist of children’s literature in the field of illustration from the Revision Book Festival Nominated for the 35th Book of the Year Award of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Children and Adolescents Group
• Nominated for the 35^th Book of the Year Award Of the islamic Republic of Iran in the Children and Adolescents Group

2022

• Iranian nominee for the illustration section of the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen World Award

2023

• Winner of the award, commendation plaque and book cover design statue from the 5th National Book of the Year Award in Tabriz