User:Artdum/Daniel Ionescu - Dion

Daniel Ionescu (Dion) is a Romanian American graphic artist. Born In Bucharest - Romania. He fled the communist regime of Ceausescu in 1986 to Greece and in 1987 emigrated to US. He settle in New York where he begins a constant contributions with illustrations with The New York Times, Newsday, Village Voice and other publications nationwide. In 1985 his name appears under the first 100 cartoonists in the world in a Top done by the Polish magazine "Szpilki". Dion has on his account several international prizes at international satirical graphic contests among which the Gold Medal and First Prize at the International Humor Festival in Skoplje (Former Yugoslavia).