Farshid Mesghali (b. July 1943; Persian: فرشید مثقالی,) is an Iranian animator,[1] graphic designer, illustrator, painter, sculptor and printmaker who has lived in the United States since 1986.

In the next four years, he worked as an artist, creating paintings and sculptures, which were presented at Sammy King Gallery in Pairs.

For the past years, he has been continuing his artistic career, focusing on his sculptural and installation projects in his studio in Tehran.

[2][3] He has been recognized many times for particular works: For Farsheed Mesghali as an illustrator, the U.S. Library of Congress catalogs five Persian-language (Romanized) picture books, and English-language editions for two of them.

The Romanized Persian editions were published by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (aka Kanoon) (Tehran).