Beatriz Manteigas was born in Lisbon in 1990. She is currently a doctoral student in Fine Arts (specializing in Drawing) at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon with a scholarship by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). At the same faculty she obtained a Painting degree (2012) and a Master’s in Artistic Anatomy (2014). Her studies were complemented by periods at the University of Oporto, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and Royal Academy of St. Petersburg (Russia). Since 2016 she is a collaborator researcher at CIEBA - Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts. She is director and co-founder of Quinta das Relvas Association - Arts and Sustainability. She exhibits since 2009.