Farshid Mesghali is one of the well-known illustrators of children's and teenagers' books. The illustration of the book "Little Black Fish" brought him world fame. Inspired by the pictorial traditions of Iranian art, Mesghali has found his visual language.

He is an illustrator, sculptor, director, animator, writer, and designer born in Isfahan. He came to Tehran in 1964, entered the Tehran College of Fine Arts, and studied painting. At the same time, he started his professional activity in the field of graphic design and illustration. In 1968, the illustration of the book Little Black Fish brought him the first prize at the 6th International Children's Book Fair in Bologna (Italy) and an honorary diploma from the Biennale of Illustration in Bratislava (Czechoslovakia). A few years later, he repeated his success in these two international festivals by illustrating the books "Hero" and "Arash Kamangir." The same year, he became a member of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents. During the years of cooperation with this center, he created works in animation, movie posters, and children's book illustrations, which were popular in domestic and foreign festivals, and won many awards for this artist.

In 1972, he won for his illustrations' the prestigious "Hans Christian Andersen Award." In 1974, he won the Cannes special prize for the film poster exhibition. Between 1978 and 1979, he spent several months in London and had experiences in the field of sculpture. At the same time as the revolution of 1979, he left England for Paris and worked in sculpture and painting for four years in this country. The works of this Mesghali period were displayed in the "Sami King" gallery.

He traveled to America in 1985, settled in Southern California, and established his own studio. He began to create experimental works that were made using the cuttings of instant digital photos. After being shown in several galleries, these works were finally shown in the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art. He returned to Iran in the mid-90s and has continued his activities until today. Mesghali has also had many activities in the field of animation; "Mr. Monster" (1970), "Misunderstanding" (1970), "Boy, Bird and Maker" (1971), "Grey City" (1972), "A Very Good Worm" (1973), "Look Again" ( 1974), "Various Appearances" (1980), "Why and How" (1985) are among these works.