Farshid Mesghali

Farshid Mesghali, born in 1943, studied painting at the University of Tehran. A leading figure of Iranian graphic design, he made award-winning animated films and children’s book illustrations in the 1970s and received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1974. He moved to Paris in 1979, then to California in 1986, where he created a series of digital works based on snapshot photographs, alongside paintings and sculptures. His work has been shown in Tehran, Paris, Los Angeles and Amsterdam, including a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum. Silk Road Gallery has worked with him on his photographic work and occasionally his sculptures, and has presented him at Paris Photo, ARCO Madrid and, in 2005, the photography fairs of San Sebastián and London.