Medi Belortaja was born on 8th March 1967 in Albania. He graduated at the Fine Arts Institute in Tirana, the capital of Albania. Medi Belortaja published his first drawing in 1988 and since that time his artworks appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines at home and abroad. Currently, he is working as a freelance artist and is concentrated mainly to creative work on the field of cartoons and illustrations. His artworks have been exhibited at a number of individual and countless collective exhibitions in many countries. Since 1988, Medi Belortaja regularly participated at both national and international cartoon competitions and festivals worldwide and his artworks have been awarded numerous prestigious prizes