Anja Høvik Strømsted is a multidisciplinary artist born in Oslo. She has studied Creative Writing at Telemark College University and Gothenburg University Valand School of Fine Arts, and Film production (M.F.A.) at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She has published one collection of poetry, and made art and films that have won prizes and screened in India, Germany, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Iceland and Norway among other countries.