Born in 1962, lives and works in Oslo, Norway.

Beate Petersen is an artist, director and writer. She gratuated in 2001 from Norwegian State Acedemy of Art and has since been presented at a variety of venues like The Institute for the Studies of the Ancient World, New York, Kuryokhin Center, St. Petersburg, Landmark, Bergen, BOA, Oslo, Noor Iranian Film Festival, Sanfransico among many others.