Director - Cartoonists Rights Network South East Europe
Born in 1951
Profession: Cartoonist

First cartoon was published in 1969 in the Urzica Magazine.

The editor of "SmileClub", the site of Balkan cartoonists which can be visited at:
http://www.interplus.ro/smileclub/

My cartoon works have been selected in over 250 International Exhibitions in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Canada, Cuba, England, France, Greece, Holland, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Yugoslavia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Turkey and so on.

The record comprises 27 awards in my country and 24 International Awards.
Some prizes:
- Prix "San Remo"- Italy 1980
-"Le Grand Prix d'Honneur"- Anglet (France) 1984
-"Excellency Prize"- Tokyo 1987
-"Honorary Award"-Teheran (Iran)- 1995
-"Special Prize"- Aksehir (Turkey) 1998
and many others…

I have published more than 7,000 cartoons in important newspapers and magazines in Romania and neighboring countries.

Address: Str-Eminescu, Nr-28A, Sc-A, Ap-27, 2000-Ploiesti, Romania
Phone: 044-193876
E-mail: smileclub@mmc.ro
The site: http://www.interplus.ro/smileclub/ionita.htm