Weisbeck studied at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main and founded the graphic studio Surface Gesellschaft für Gestaltung mbH in 1999. After several international visiting professorships he teaches since 2011 as a professor of graphic design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Since 2013 he is an official member of AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale.
Works from 2007 (selection)
2007: Corporate Design The Forsythe Company / Corporate Design Deutscher Pavillon Biennale di Venezia / Corporate Design Deutscher Pavillon São Paulo Architektur-Biennale / Corporate Design Städelschule ArchitectureClass
2007: The conditions of Graphic Design, IDEA, Japan / New Typographic Design, Laurence King, UK / Kelvin, Colour Today; Gestalten Verlag, Deutschland / Serialize; Gestalten Verlag, Deutschland / Design Evolution, Rockport, USA / Corporate Identity und Corporate Design, avEdition, Deutschland / New Visual Works, German Graphic Design, LST, China
2008: Quest, Deutschland
2009: Area 2, Phaidon, UK / Dry Design, Pie Books, Japan / 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design, Tschechien / 60 Jahre Grafik-Design der Bundesrepublik / Studio Culture, Unit Editions, London, UK / Goethe Institut, Designtrends Germany
2010: 24th International Biennial of Graphic Design, Tschechien
2011: Markus Weisbeck, Surface; Monografie, SternbergPress NYC
2014: Markus Weisbeck, Surface; Monografie, Idea School Teheran
Various articles in Creative Review, Grafik, Form, Page, Etapes
Exhibitions
1996: IDCA, International Design Conference, Aspen/Colorado, USA
2002: Foto Biennale Rotterdam, Niederlande / Die Kraft der Negation, Volksbühne Berlin / Schauspielhaus Köln, Deutschland / Mapping, 1822-Forum, Frankfurt/M, Deutschland
2003: Utopia Station, Biennale di Venezia, Italien / Soundchambers, Museum Serralves, Porto, Lissabon, Portugal
2004: Emotion One, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M, Deutschland / Utopia Station, Haus der Kunst München, Deutschland
2006: Peace Tower, Whitney Bienniale, New York, USA / Protections, Kunsthaus Graz, Österreich / International Poster Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan
2007: Dimension der Fläche – Kommunikationsdesign in Deutschland
2008: GestalteCreate, 175 Jahre HfG Offenbach, MAK, Frankfurt, Deutschland
2009: 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno, Tschechien / Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Deutschland / Surface, Design Hessen, Darmstadt, Deutschland
2010: Krome Gallery, Soloshow, Berlin, Deutschland / Thomas Mayfried, ephemera, grafik design etc. Haus der Kunst, München, Deutschland
2011: The Office Gallery, Frankfurt, Deutschland / Krome Gallery, Soloshow, Berlin, Deutschland / 24th International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno, Tschechien
2012: Past Present Fortune, Kai Middendorff Galerie / The Future Archive, NBK Berlin, Deutschland
2013: Freie Sicht / Groupshow, KV Wiesbaden, Deutschland
2014: Space for Visual Research, Kai Middendorff Galerie
2015: Anschlag Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland / AGI Coexistence, Biel, Switzerland / William Forsythe – The Fact of Matter with Works from the MMK Collection, Frankfurt, Germany / Das Bauhaus. From Thuringia. EXPO Milan, Italy / Markus Weisbeck in Teheran, Teheran, Iran / Murial Cooper Composings, MAK, Frankfurt, Germany / Space for Visual Research, Kai Middendorf Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2016: AGI LOVE SEOUL, Seoul Korea / German Design Award, Frankfurt, Germany / New Everything! – A Century of New Typography and New Graphic Design in Frankfurt, MAK, Germany / Anschlag Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2017: ABCstract, Soloshow, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany / Dalian Painting Academy, Soloshow, Dalian, China / House of the Artists, Teheran, Iran
2019: Gwangju Design Biennale / Gwangju, Korea, Soloshow, Dalian, China / Manifest of Practice, Vertretung des Freistaates Thüringen beim Bund, Berlin, Germany
Space for Visual Research Workshops
2018: PaTI, Institute for Typography Paju, Paju, Korea / Y Design Summer, Hangzhou, China / Vije School, Tehran, Iran / Hubei Institute for Technology, Wuhan, China
2019: What really matters / Seoul, Korea / Gwangju Design Biennale / Gwangju, Korea / Humboldt Forum, Quito, Ecuador / Universidad Católica Boliviana, La Paz, Bolivien / Taiwan Tech, Taipeh, Taiwan / Y Design Summer, Macau, China
