ann nisbet was born on the 7th of march 1979, and grow up on the west coast of scotland. After finishing secondary school, she moved to glasgow and completed an hnc in product design, before attending the architecture school at strathclyde university.

in 2001 she moved to canada and worked in an architecture practice in toronto, returning in 2002 to architecture school. she graduated in 2004 with a masters in architecture.

shortly after graduating ann, along with artist/architect kate hendry, was awarded funding, to curate and tour a national exhibition of theirwork, around scotland. the touring exhibition set out to challenge, what is commonly perceived as an art exhibition. during the tour ann drove a little white van around scotland exhibiting in peculiar places such as on a beach, in a shed, and in a living room, the tour consisted of more than seven exhibitions and ran from august 2005 to march 2006.

since then ann has received funding from the scottish art council for a series of site specific pieces of work, she has exhibited in melbourne australia, and has had several pieces of work published in magazines.