Birgit Weyhe was born in 1969, in Munich. She spent her childhood in East Africa before she moved back to Germany to study in Konstanz and Hamburg. In 1997, she achieved a Master’s Degree in German Literature and History. In 2002, she started to study illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Earning her Diploma in 2008, she now works as a comic book artist. Her Graphic Novels have been nominated for various prizes in Germany, France and Japan. In 2015 her book „Madgermanes“ won the comic book prize of the Berthold-Leibinger-Stiftung and in 2016 she achieved the Max-und Moritz-Price for the best German comic. In 2022, she was honored as the best German-language comic artist and was the first comic artist to receive the prestigious Hamburg Lessing scholarship. In the same year her book "Rude Girl" was shortlisted for the Hamburg Literature Prize as "Book of the Year" and was the first comic ever to be nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2023.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous european countries and her comics have been published in a wide range of international magazines and anthologies.
The Goethe Institut has made it possible for Birgit Weyhe to give numerous lectures about her work and have arranged various international workshops. As well, she has spent time in Sao Paolo and Helsinki as part of an “Artist Exchange Programme". Since 2012, Birgit Weyhe has taught as a guest professor at different universities in Germany and USA.