🇮🇪 The organizing committee of the 10th Galway Cartoon Festival 2026 has announced the cartoonists whose works will appear in this year’s main open exhibition, "Having A Laugh".
🎭 Together, the selected artists created 70 pieces, chosen from approximately 2500 submissions received for this year’s festival. The organizing committee noted that the competition was particularly strong and congratulated all the artists whose works were selected.
📍 The exhibition will officially open on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 5:00 pm, at the Town Hall Theatre Galway, Ireland.
🌍 Selected Cartoonists:
🇨🇺 Brady Izquierdo Rodríguez — Cuba
🇨🇦 Brandon Hicks — Canada
🇮🇪 Ciara Nolan — Ireland
🇩🇪 Clemens Moses — Germany
🇮🇹 Cristina Bernazzani — Italy
🇵🇹 Cristina Sampaio — Portugal
🇺🇸 Dave Coverly — USA
🇬🇧 Dean Patterson — N. Ireland
🇹🇷 Engin Selçuk — Turkey
🇫🇷 Fabrice Matray — France
🇨🇳 Fan Lintao — China
🇮🇷 Farshad Ghiasi — Iran
🇮🇪 Fionntan Macgiolla Fhionntain — Ireland
🇮🇪 Graeme Keyes — Ireland
🇮🇪 Harry Burton — Ireland
🇫🇷 Jean-Loïc Bélom — France
🇮🇪 Jim Cogan — Ireland
🇮🇪 Jim Ward — Ireland
🇺🇸 Joey Mason — USA
🇨🇦 John Kennedy — Canada
🇩🇪 Jürgen Esser — Germany
🇫🇷 Kak — France
🇺🇦 Kateryna Malko — Ukraine
🇬🇧 Kipper Williams — UK
🇨🇿 Kubec — Czechia
🇨🇳 Liu Qiang — China
🇷🇴 Liviu Stanila — Romania
🇧🇪 Luc Descheemaeker — Belgium
🇮🇹 Marco De Angelis — Italy
🇮🇪 Marie Drumgoole — Ireland
🇮🇹 Marilena Nardi — Italy
🇳🇿 Mark Winter — New Zealand
🇵🇱 Michalina Tańska — Poland
🇮🇪 Mick O’Hara — Ireland
🇮🇹 Milko Dalla Battista — Italy
🇮🇷 Monireh Ahmadi — Iran
🇺🇸 Nancy Ohanian — USA
🇸🇦 Neda Khodaverdi — Saudi Arabia
🇧🇪 Nicolas Vadot — Belgium
🇬🇧 Pete Songi — UK
🇺🇸 Phil Witte — USA
🇨🇱 Ramón Carrillo Gomez — Chile
🇨🇴 Raul Zuleta — Colombia
🇬🇧 Ron McGeary — UK
🇦🇷 Santiago Cornejo — Argentina
🇮🇪 Seán Lennon — Ireland
🇹🇼 Stellina Chen — Taiwan
🇮🇪 Tom Mathews — Ireland
🇩🇪 Valeriu Kurtu — Germany
🇺🇦 Viacheslav Kapreliants — Ukraine
🇨🇳 Xiaoqiang Hou — China
🇵🇹 Zez Vaz — Portugal