Previous Editions
24th EURO-KARTOENALE - KRUISHOUTEM 2023
'Future of Mobility: on the road to Cartopia'
For this 24th edition 543 cartoonists from 83 different countries from the 5 continents did take part in our cartoon contest. Check the participation list .
The internationale jury under the presidency of Italian cartoonist and winner of the previous edition Marilena Nardi did make a selection for the exhibition and choose the prize winners.
The winners are:
- 1st prize: Shahrokh Heidari Sorjani (France)
- 2nd prize: Javad Takjoo (Iran)
- 3th prize: Luka Lagator (Montenegro)
- Beste Entry of the EU : Alessandro Gatto (Italy)
- Beste Belgian Entry: Stefaan Provijn
- Prize of the ECC: Muzaffar Yulchiboev (Uzbekistan)
Honorable mentions for : Jamal Rahmati (Iran), Pieter Lefevere (Belgium)
The catalogue is available in our shop.
23rd EURO-KARTOENALE 2021 'Chances and Opportunities'
For the 23rd time already our European Cartoon Center is organizing its biennial cartoon contest. For this edition of the Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem we choosed the theme "Chances and Opportunities".
We received 2,311 cartoons from 714 cartoonists from 80 countries.
These are the jury members who, on the 29th of January 2021, with Pol Leurs as president, selected the cartoons for the exhibition, the catalog and the prize winners in a zoom meeting.
These are the laureats and the winning cartoons...
A video of the prize giving ceremony (in live streaming).
The list of the participants and the selected for the exhibition and the catalog.
You can order the beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our e-shop.
22nd EURO-KARTOENALE 2019 'The Wall'
For this edition, no less than 985 cartoonists from 87 countries (an absolute record) sent in 2750 cartoons. Boundary walls, prisons, walls between people… all these themes inspired the participants.
You find the list of participants and the selection for the exhibition and catalog on our site.
The members of the international jury, some pictures and a movie on YouTube of the jury meeting...
The prize winners are:
- 1st prize: Dogan Arslan (Turkey)
- 2nd prize: Luis Demetrio Calvo Mecho (Costa Rica)
- 3rd prize: Jalal Pirmarzanad (Iran)
- Best European Entry: Andrzej Krawczak (Poland)
- Best Belgian Entry: Herwig Beyaert
- Prize of the ECC: Jean-Loïc Belom (France)
- Cover Award: Agim Sulaj (Italy)
Honorable mentions: Valentin Druzihin (Russia), Nikola Listes (Croatia), Mahmood Nazari (Iran) and Mikhail Zlatkovski (Russia).
Some pictures of the opening ceremony and the street event...
You can order the beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our e-shop.
21st EURO-KARTOENALE 2017 'The Soul'
We received 2164 cartoons by 782 artists of 82 countries.
The prize winners are:
- 1st prize: Peter Nieuwendijk (Netherlands)
- 2nd prize: Jean-Loïc Belom (France)
- 3rd prize: Joao Bosco Jaco de Azevedo (Brasil)
- Best European Entry : Marilena Nardi (Italy)
- Best Belgian Entry: Jean-Claude Salemi (Belgium)
- Prize of the ECC: Mihai Ignat (Romania)
- Cover Award: Elena Ospina (Columbia)
- Honorable mention: Saman Torabi (Iran)
- Honorable mention: Stefaan Provijn (Belgium)
Some pictures of the opening ceremony ...
You can order the beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our e-shop.
The list of participants with the selected cartoonists for the catalog and the exhibition
These were the jury members ... and some pictures of the jury meeting...
20th EURO-KARTOENALE 2015 'Soil pollution and sanitation'
We received 1815 cartoons by 532 artists of 71 countries.
The prize winners are:
- First prize: Pawel Kuczynski (Polen)
- Second prize: Marco D'Agostino (Italië)
- Third prize: Paolo Dalponte (Italië)
- Best European entry: Doru Axinte (Roemenië)
- Best Belgian Entry: Herwig Beyaert
- Prize of the ECC: Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz (Polen)
- Cover Award: Nikola Hendrickx (België)
Some pictures of the opening ceremony ...
You can order the beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our e-shop.
The list of participants with the selected cartoonists for the catalog and the exhibition
These were the jury members ...
19th EURO-KARTOENALE 2013 ' The Bicycle'
We received 2483 cartoons from 718 participants of 79 countries. Most participants were from Europe (57%), followed by Asia (31%), South-America (8%), North-America (3%), Africa (1%) and Oceania (0.5%).
The submitted cartoons approached the bike in all its aspects: the cycling associated with doping scandals, romantic bike rides, bicycle thefts, the bicycle as transportation ...
The prize winners are:
- First prize: Mohsen Asadi (Iran)
- Second prize: Constantin Pavel (Romania)
- Third prize: Ross Thomson (UK)
- Best European entry: Constantin Sunnerberg (Belgium)
- Best Belgian entry: Nikola Hendrickx (Belgium)
- Prize of the ECC: Marco D'Agostino (Italy)
- Cover award: Angelo Campaner (Italy)
- Honorable mention: Peter Ruge (Germany)
- Honorable mention: Jorgo Schäfer (Germany)
You can order the beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our e-shop.
Click here for the prize winning cartoons ...
and an article on the ECC-blog about the Opening Ceremony Euro-kartoenale 2013
Some pictures of the opening ceremony
and more pictures on Flickr ...
The list of participants and selected cartoonists ...
Some pictures of the jury meeting ...
18th EURO-KARTOENALE 2011 'Shoes'
We received 3039 cartoons of 798 participants from 78 different countries. 70% of the participants lives in Europe, 20% in Asia, 5% in South-America, 4% in North-America and 1% in Africa.
The jury awarded the following cartoonists:
- 1st prize: Alessandro Gatto (Italy)
- 2nd prize: Pol Leurs (Luxembourg)
- 3rd prize: Agim Sulaj (Italy)
- Best European entry: Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz (Poland)
- Best Belgian entry: Constantin Sunnerberg (Belgium)
- Prize of the ECC: Ross Thomson (UK)
- Prize of the citizens of Kruishoutem: Grigori Katz (Israel)
- Honourable mention: Valery Momot (Ukraine)
- Honourable mention: Ludo Goderis (Belgium)
- Honourable mention: Tony Tasco (Belgium)
- Cover award: Angel Ramiro Zapata Mora (Colombia)
Click here to see the awarded cartoons ...
You can order the beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our e-shop.
The list of participants and the cartoonists selected for the catalog and the exhibition ...
Some pictures of the jury meeting...
Some pictures of the opening ceremony...
17th EURO-KARTOENALE KRUISHOUTEM 2009 " SAND, PEBBLE AND GRAVEL"
We received 2000 cartoons of 588 participants from 70 countries. The jury selected 250 drawings for the exhibition and 100 cartoons for the catalog.
The presentation of the jury and some pictures of the judging...
The opening and prize giving ceremony of the Euro-Kartoenale 'Sand, gravel and gravel, on the 30th anniversary of the Euro-Karoenale, was a great success. Some pictures of the opening weekend ...
- First prize: Alessandro Gatto - Italy
- Second prize: Pawel Kuczynski - Poland
- Third prize: Stefaan Provijn - Belgium
- Best entry from the EU: Ross Thompson - UK
- Best Belgian entry: Norbert Van Yperzeele
- Prize of the ECC: Rumen Dragostinov - Bulgaria
- Prize of the city Kruishoutem: Sagar Shirguppi - India
- Prize of the young potential: Romy Puttevils - Belgium
Have a look at the winning cartoons...
The full list of cartoonists selected for the exhibition and the catalog can be consulted here.
On the occasion of the 17th Euro-Kartoenale traditionally a cartoonbook is published. You can order this beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our shop.
16th EURO-KARTOENALE - KRUISHOUTEM 2007 "LOCKS AND KEYS"
Out of allmost 4000 cartoons, from 992 artists of 85 countries, the jury selected 250 works for the exhibition. About 100 of them are reproduced in the catalogue. Have a look at the list of cartoonists selected for the exhibition and for the catalogue.
Have a look at some pictures of the meeting of the jury.
The opening of the 16th Euro-kartoenale 'Locks and Keys' was a big succes. Just have a look at some pictures of the opening ceremony to get an idea about the nice atmosphere on the 6th of April.
The first prize was refused because of plagiarism. The second place was for the Belgian Luc Vernimmen and Pol Leurs got the third prize. Just have a look at the winning cartoons.
We published a catalogue with a selection of 130 cartoons. You can find this catalogue in our shop.
15th EURO-KARTOENALE - KRUISHOUTEM 2005 " The House Painter "
In 2005 we already celebrated the 15th edition of the Euro-Kartoenale.
662 cartoonists of 65 different countries competed for a price on the theme 'The Housepainter'. The country with the largest number of entries was China (87), followed by Iran (74) and . Belgium (51). We also recieved cartoons from less known countries as Azerbaijani, Ecuador, India, Japan, Libanon, Mexico, Moldavia, New Zealand, Peru, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela ...
A professional jury judged more than 2 500 works and selected 200 cartoons for the exhibition. The quality of the selection was excellent.
The winners of the 2005 contest were:
- First prize: Luc Vermeersch - Belgium
- Second prize: Tony Houbrechts - Belgium
- Third prize: Yu Liang - China
- Prize of the EU: January N. Misiak - Poland
- Prize of Kruishoutem: Ludo Goderis - Belgium
- Prize KEVER: Luc Vernimmen - Belgium
- Prize FECO: Michael Kountouris - Greece
- Cover Award: Neil Dinshington - UK
- Honourable mention: Ivailo Tsvetkov - Bulgaria
- Honourable mention: Agim Sulay - Italy
- Honourable mention: Gong Yunfei - China
- Honourable mention: Yu Xian Yao - China
Have a look at the winning cartoons !
We were proud that all prizewinners attended the opening ceremony. This is unique in the world of cartoons!
Some pictures of the opening ceremony ...
On that occasion we traditionally published a catalogue with a selection of 130 cartoons. You can find this catalogue in our shop.
