Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour (born in 1976) is an Iranian cartoonist, comic artist, and art director. He holds a bachelor of painting from the Azad University of Tehran (1378).

Early life

Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour got introduced to the magical world of paint and brush through his father's art pieces. As a kid, he was always surrounded by his father's artworks, which made his childhood memories so colorful and the house into a museum filled with tableaus and statues. As he grew up, Bozorgmehr received education in calligraphy, painting, drawing, and miniatures. However, it was only in elementary school that he started creating caricatures of his school bus driver on the way home, not exactly knowing that he was creating pieces called caricatures. After a while, he started finding his path using his magnificent and critical mind. At the age of 12, he published an inner family comic book. A year later, after his work got published by a magazine, he got hired by Kumarth Saberi, the editor of Gol Agha, which was a prestigious and well-known magazine at the time. He was influenced and fascinated by the works of Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and other impressionists, which led to his studying painting at the Azad University of Tehran in 1994. His artistic character evolved through his cooperation with Kambiz Derambakhsh and Ahmad Arabani. Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour is the Editor in Chief of the China online news website at present.

Animation and movie

Press

Books

Virtual activities (the web)

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Performances

Awards