Born in Chicago, Mark Goerner was drawn at an early age to exploring artistic endeavors, and more specifically, to conceptual design and problem solving.

Sketchbooks and early projects reflected an industrial design sensibility including fantasy environments with a futuristic mindset. Raised by a family in manufacturing, industrial inspiration helped fuel an interest in machinery, and a lifelong interest in the process of fabrication and a curiosity of materials.

This, coupled with a love of nature on both a macro and micro scale, archeology, architecture and automobiles, all came together to help form his base of interest.

These interests were fed in later years by attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, Rhode Island School of Design, and finally at Art Center College of Design where he received a Bachelor of Science with distinction in automotive design, with a focus on entertainment design. While in school, internships included work for Coca-Cola, and BMW/Designworks contributing on various conceptual automotive and product design projects. His freelance career began by providing design services, illustrations, storyboards, character and concept development to post and pre-production studios such as, New Line Cinema, Disney, Fox, Rhythm and Hues as well as Industrial Design work for BMW/Designworks, Intel, Toyota, and Honda. Later on he began to work as a conceptual illustrator for such films as: "Minority Report", "Constantine", "X-men 2".