Carla Pott was born in 1973. She has a degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and received training in Illustration from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague and Printmaking from the School of Fine Arts in Prague. She also worked in the field of ceramics as a guest artist at the Staatliche Manufaktur Majolika-Karlsruhe in Germany. She was a grantee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation from 1989 to 1996 and of the Camões Institute/Embassy of the Czech Republic during the academic year 1996/1997. She is a professional illustrator in various newspapers, magazines, and other projects related to animation and painting. She has held several solo and group exhibitions in Portugal.