Ann Beate Tempelhaug was born in Mosjøen in northern Norway. She graduated from the BergenSchool of Art and Crafts, and since the 1980s has pursued a career as an artist recognised both in Norway and abroad. Her work can be found in public collections such as the National Museum in Oslo, KODE Bergen, Kunstsilo Kristiansand and the Nordenfjeldske Art Museum in Trondheim, as well as in private collections and institutional collections including those of the municipalities of Bergen, Kristiansand, Mosjøen, Stavanger, the royal residency Stiftsgården in Trondheim, and the temporary collection at the Norwegian Prime Ministers’ residence. Recent exhibitions include the group show with FORMAT gallery, which also showed her at Collective New York and Collect at the Saatchi Gallery in London,and the solo shows at KRAFT gallery in Bergen, Bomuldsfabriken Arendal, Kunstpunkt Lista, TID Gallery, Mandal, Agder Art Center and the Arteriet gallery in Kristiansand.
She has received numerous public and private commissions from the municipalities of Risør and Vestnes, the universities of Kristiansand and Bergen, and care centres in Nøtterøy, Tangvall and Kristiansand,and has to date benefited from several art grants:National Art Scholarship — The Art and Craft Foundation and Project Funds — Norwegian Fine Art Association. Spazio Nobile has represented Ann Beate Tempelhaug since 2020 and has exhibited her work in group shows such asThe New Age of Humanism (2020), Spazio Nobile At Home (2021–22–23) and numerous international fairs including Art Week Luxembourg, Collectible Brussels, NOMAD Saint Moritz, Switzerland, Salon Art + Design, Park Avenue Armory, NewYork, US, PAD Paris and PAD London. This publication has come out in June 2024 at the occasion of Design Miami/Basel, Design Curio, LuniSolar, Duo Show, Ann Beate Tempelhaug & Pao Hui Kao. It follows her first solo show Nord which took place at the gallery, with the kind support of Norwegian Crafts and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ann Beate Tempelhaug: Scaling Upwards
