🏛️ To mark the 75th anniversary of Karnataka Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, the Indian Institute of Cartoonists (IIC) 🇮🇳, in collaboration with the Egypt Cartoon Platform 🇪🇬, will host for the first time the International Exhibition of Gandhi Caricatures from October 4 to 31, 2025, at the Indian Cartoon Gallery, Bengaluru.
🎉 The event will be inaugurated on October 4 by Dr. Woode P. Krishna, President of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, and will feature more than 110 cartoonists from 23 countries.
🕊️ By portraying Mahatma Gandhi, a global icon of peace and non-violence, the exhibition highlights how caricature can transcend borders to inspire dialogue, harmony, and shared human values.
🌍 List of Foreign Participants:
🇪🇬 Adham Lotfy (Egypt)
🇪🇬 Ahmed Elwy (Egypt)
🇮🇶 Ali Qahtan (Iraq)
🇸🇦 Ameen Alharbaah (Saudi Arabia)
🇪🇬 Ameenah Kamel (Egypt)
🇪🇬 Amna (Egypt)
🇦🇪 Amna Al Hammadi (UAE)
🇧🇷 Andre Camargo (Brazil)
🇨🇺 Batista Del Toro (Cuba)
🇺🇸 David Hafez (USA)
🇮🇩 Djoko Susilo (Indonesia)
🇷🇴 Doru Axinte (Romania)
🇮🇩 Edi Dharma (Indonesia)
🇨🇴 Elena Ospina (Colombia)
🇪🇬 Eslam Zaki (Egypt)
🇸🇾 Fares Garabet (Syria)
🇪🇬 Farouk Mousa (Egypt)
🇪🇬 Fawzy Morsy (Egypt)
🇮🇹 Giuseppe Inciardi (Italy)
🇪🇬 Hany Abd El Gawad (Egypt)
🇪🇬 Hassan Farouk (Egypt)
🇲🇦 Hassan Joufi (Morocco)
🇨🇾 Huseyin Çakmak (Cyprus)
🇵🇱 Izabela Kowalska Wieczorek (Poland)
🇧🇷 J Bosco (Brazil)
🇪🇸 Javier Zorrilla (Spain)
🇮🇩 Jitet Kustana (Indonesia)
🇮🇩 Jiwenk (Indonesia)
🇵🇪 Jorge Luis Cabrera Garcia (Cuba)
🇨🇴 Omar Zevallos (Peru)
🇪🇬 Khaled Al Marsafy (Egypt)
🇪🇬 Khaled Salah (Egypt)
🇪🇬 Khedr Hassaan (Egypt)
🇵🇱 Krotos Tadeusz (Poland)
🇮🇹 Leonardo Zaza (Italy)
🇪🇬 Maher Daniel (Egypt)
🇮🇩 Makmun Amoeng (Indonesia)
🇮🇹 Marco D’Agostino (Italy)
🇪🇬 Marwa Ibrahim (Egypt)
🇮🇷 Mohammad Hosein Akbari (Iran)
🇮🇷 Neda Shojai (Iran)
🇪🇸 Nestor Damaso Del Pino (Spain)
🇨🇴 Omar Figueroa Turcios (Colombia)
🇪🇬 Osama Bo Seba (Egypt)
🇵🇹 Paulo Pinto (Portugal)
🇵🇹 Pedro Silva (Portugal)
🇧🇷 Ricardo Freitas (Brazil)
🇧🇷 Ronaldo Cunha Dias (Brazil)
🇮🇷 Salar Eshratkhah (Iran)
🇧🇦 Senad Nadarevic (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
🇧🇷 Silvano Mello (Brazil)
🇸🇦 Suliman Almoshiby (Saudi Arabia)
🇧🇷 Ulisses Araujo (Brazil)
🇳🇮 Wilber Chavarria Centeno (Nicaragua)
🇿🇦 Wilson Mgobhozi (South Africa)
🇮🇳 Indian Participants:
🇮🇳 Alok Nirantar (Pune)
🇮🇳 Anup Ray (Kolkata)
🇮🇳 Arun Inamdar (Mumbai)
🇮🇳 Aswini Abani (Bolagir, Odisha)
🇮🇳 Atul Purandare (Pune)
🇮🇳 B V Panduranga Rao (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 B G Gujjarappa (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Bibek Sen Gupta (UK)
🇮🇳 Chander Shekhar Bunty (Jammu)
🇮🇳 Debashis Singh (Bolangir, Odisha)
🇮🇳 E P Unny (New Delhi)
🇮🇳 G S Naganath (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Jairaj T G (Kochi)
🇮🇳 Jayadev Babu (Chennai)
🇮🇳 Jayarama Udupa (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Jeevan Shetty (Mangaluru)
🇮🇳 John Chandran (Mangaluru)
🇮🇳 Keshav (Chennai)
🇮🇳 Manohar Acharya (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Manoj Chopra (Jammu)
🇮🇳 Mrityunjay (Hyderabad)
🇮🇳 Nanjunda Swamy (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Naveen Kumar (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 P Narsim (Hyderabad)
🇮🇳 Padancheri Ramachandran (Dubai)
🇮🇳 Prabhakar Waikar (Mumbai)
🇮🇳 Raghupathy N S (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Rajendra Kumar (India)
🇮🇳 Raju Mettu (Kamareddy, Telangana)
🇮🇳 Rethish Ravi (Kochi)
🇮🇳 Sanketh Gurudatta (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Santosh Bhise (Mumbai)
🇮🇳 Satish Acharya (Kundapur)
🇮🇳 Shankar Pamarthy (Hyderabad)
🇮🇳 Shekhar Gurera (Gurgaon)
🇮🇳 Shijo Varghese (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Soumyadip Sinha (Chennai)
🇮🇳 Sparsha Dhaharwal (New Delhi)
🇮🇳 Subhani Sheikh (Hyderabad)
🇮🇳 Subhash Kallor (Kottayam)
🇮🇳 Suraj Eskey Sriram (Pune)
🇮🇳 Swathi Jayakumar (Thiruvananthapuram)
🇮🇳 Venkatesh G Narendra (Bengaluru)
🇮🇳 Venkatesh Jakkula (Miryalaguda)
🇮🇳 Vijaykumar B Musale (Ichalkaranji)
🖌️ The Egypt Cartoon Platform emerges as a creative cultural hub, not just a partner in this exhibition but a driving force in reviving and globalizing caricature art.
🌟 Through its consistent efforts in building bridges between artists, launching international contests, and curating cross-border exhibitions, the Egypt Cartoon platform has become a gateway for cartoonists to reach wider audiences worldwide.