Dirk Fleischmann studied at Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt a.M. in Germany. He has participated in numerous international exhibitions, notably Sublime. The Tremors of the World (Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2016), Life Itself (Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2016), Design is Design is Not Design (Gwangju Design Biennale, 2011), Memories of The Future (Leeum Museum, Seoul, 2010), Exchange Value of Pleasure (Museum of Modern Art, Busan, 2005), Rendez-vous (Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, 2004), and MANIFESTA 4 (Frankfurt a.M., 2002), among others.