Born in 1990 in Bergen, Norway, Vanessa Rosalia Larsen received her BFA in 2013 and her masters in Curatorial Practice in 2016 from Glasgow School of Art. In 2013 she received the W. O. Hutcheson prize for drawing at Glasgow School of Art and RSA New Contemporaries 2014: Selected Artist Award. Her work has been exhibited in group shows throughout the world including in Edinburgh, London, Berlin and New York.