While in school he participated in a national painting competition organized by the Ministry of Education. He received the first prize every year. The organizers asked him not to participate anymore. He studied graphic art in high school at the same time he started collaborating (drawing) professionally with local newspapers and weeklies. Ministry of Culture selected him as the best journalistic cartoonist when he was 20 years old.
International Biennial in 2007 awarded the first prize for a caricature (portrait sections) to Bozorgmehr. Mr. Bozorgmehr was the first artist to draw the caricature of a sitting.
