Alireza Karimi Moghaddam
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About
Iranian illustrator, cartoonist, and graphic designer known for transforming the life and paintings of Vincent van Gogh into colorful cartoons through his ongoing Fancy Van Gogh project. He is also known for sharing his work on Instagram which has helped him amass over 320,000 followers.
Before fame
He developed an admiration for Vincent van Gogh's paintings and life story as a teenager. He began working professionally in 1991 after an Iranian magazine published one of his cartoons. He later earned a master's degree in graphic design. He began sharing
Trivia
He won first prize at Turkey's Nasreddin Hoca Festival in 1996 and received special awards at Italy's Umoristi a Marostica exhibition in 1996 and 1998. He presented selections from approximately 700 Fancy Van Gogh works at the João Paulo II University Library in Lisbon in 2025.
Family life
He was born in Iran and eventually settled in Lisbon, Portugal.
Associated with
He has put Frida Kahlo in some of his illustrations.
