Rodrigo de Matos
Editorial cartoonist for the weekly newspaper Expresso (Portugal) since 2006 - currently publishes in its Economy section.
A member of the NGO Cartooning for Peace, he is one of the international cartoonists who currently publish in the editorial cartoon space on the front page of the French daily Le Monde, since 2021.
In 2018, one of his cartoons was chosen by the UN's Human Rights Office to illustrate the 22nd Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in celebration of its 70th anniversary.
Awarded with the Grand Prix in the Press Cartoon Europe 2014 (Belgium).
Living in Macau (China) since 2009, he also collaborates with the newspaper Ponto Final (Portuguese), and also published a weekly cartoon in the newspaper Macau Daily Times (English) from 2012 to 2017.
First solo cartoon exhibition - “Humoralia” - was held at Albergue SCM, Macau, in 2012, the same year he released his first cartoon book (“Fatal Point”, a collection of the editorial cartoons previously published by Ponto Final).
Born in Silva Porto (Angola) in 1975, lived to the age of 15 in Brazil, graduated in Journalism in Coimbra (Portugal) and worked as a journalist in Lisbon for six years, before becoming a professional cartoonist and illustrator. Major in Editorial and Press Illustration by the Esdip art school, Madrid (Spain).
MAIN ACCOLADES
- 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2018 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Article 22
- Press Cartoon Europe 2014 (Knokke-Heist, Belgium) - Grand Prix
- World Press Freedom Editorial Cartoon Competition 2014 (Ottawa, Canada) - 3rd place
Editorial cartoonist for the weekly newspaper Expresso (Portugal) since 2006 - currently publishes in its Economy section.
A member of the NGO Cartooning for Peace, he is one of the international cartoonists who currently publish in the editorial cartoon space on the front page of the French daily Le Monde, since 2021.
In 2018, one of his cartoons was chosen by the UN's Human Rights Office to illustrate the 22nd Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in celebration of its 70th anniversary.
Awarded with the Grand Prix in the Press Cartoon Europe 2014 (Belgium).
Living in Macau (China) since 2009, he also collaborates with the newspaper Ponto Final (Portuguese), and also published a weekly cartoon in the newspaper Macau Daily Times (English) from 2012 to 2017.
First solo cartoon exhibition - “Humoralia” - was held at Albergue SCM, Macau, in 2012, the same year he released his first cartoon book (“Fatal Point”, a collection of the editorial cartoons previously published by Ponto Final).
Born in Silva Porto (Angola) in 1975, lived to the age of 15 in Brazil, graduated in Journalism in Coimbra (Portugal) and worked as a journalist in Lisbon for six years, before becoming a professional cartoonist and illustrator. Major in Editorial and Press Illustration by the Esdip art school, Madrid (Spain).
MAIN ACCOLADES
- 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2018 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Article 22
- Press Cartoon Europe 2014 (Knokke-Heist, Belgium) - Grand Prix
- World Press Freedom Editorial Cartoon Competition 2014 (Ottawa, Canada) - 3rd place
