Borislav Stankovic

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He was born in 1949 in Bor, Serbia. He has been a professional cartoonist for 41 years and is considered one of the most important Serbian cartoonists today. He currently works as a freelance political cartoonist for several prominent European magazines and newspapers, such as "Nebelspalter", "Eulenspiegel", and for several Serbian dailies and newspapers. In 1996 he was invited to "Seika" University (Kyoto, Japan) to be one of the foreign professors in the cartoon department. The same university proclaimed him one of the best cartoonists in the world in 1996. The Turkish Association of Cartoonists chose Stabor as an ambassador of cartoons in 1997, and today he is a member of Cartoonist & Writers Syndicate (New York, USA .). During his developed professional career in the field of cartoons, he has won more than 250 major world awards. Awards and honours • Gold Pencil - Legnica, Poland - 1986 • Grand Prix - Montreal, Canada - 1986 • Gold Medal - Semarang, Indonesia - 1986 • Gold Medal - The Yomiury Shimbun”, Tokyo, Japan - 1987 • “Yasuo Yoshitomi” Award - Kyoto, Japan - 1991 • Silver Medal - Seoul, South Korea - 1991 • Gold Medal - The Yomiuri Shimbun” - Tokyo, Japan - 1994 • “Taejon Expo” Grand Prix - Seoul, South Korea - 1995 • “Asahi Shimbun” Award - Kyoto, Japan - 1996 • Silver Medal at Taejon Expo - Seoul, South Korea - 1996 • Gold Medal “The Yomiuri Shimbun” - Tokyo, Japan - 1997 • Grand-Prix “The New Statesman” - London, United Kingdom - 1998 • Silver Tulip - Eindhoven, Netherlands - 1998 • “Zemun” Grand Prix – Yugoslavia, Serbia - 1998 • “Taipei” Grand Prix - Taiwan, People's Republic of China - 2002 • Silver Medal - Alanja, Türkiye - 2002 • Silver Medal - Porto, Portugal - 2004 • Silver Medal - Beijing, People's Republic of China - 2006 • Gold Medal - Legnica, Poland - 2007 • First place - Deva, Romania - 2013 • Bronze Award at the 13th International Cartoonet Freecartoonsweb Festival – Beiying, China - 2014 • First place - Deva, Romania - 2016 • First place – “Turhan Selcuk'' - Milas, Türkiye - 2016 • Grand Prize in the 2nd Green Crescent Cartoon Contest - Istanbul, Turkey - 2018 Personal exhibitions: • Canadian Embassy, Belgrade - 1985 • “Guy Fevrau Center” - Montreal - 1986 • “Stara Kapetanija” - Zemun, Serbia - 1998 • Media Center - Belgrade - 2000 • "SZTUKI" Gallery - Legnica, Poland - 2003 • "FORMA" Gallery - Novi Sad, Serbia - 2003 • He was a member of the international jury on several occasions so far in Montréal, 1987 Knokke-Haist (Belgium), 1987 Istanbul (Turkey) 1988 and 200, Legnica, Poland, 2002 Bursa (Turkey) 2004 Skopje (FRO Macedonia) 2005 Ankara ( Turkey) 2014 Deva (Romania) 2015 Drobak (Norway), 2016 Istanbul (Turkey) 2019.