Carlos Botelho or Bottelho (Chaves, 1964) is a Portuguese painter and sculptor.

Born in the district of Vila Real (Trás-os-Montes), in his childhood reading several books on medicine of the nineteenth century of his paternal grandfather Martiniano Ferreira Botelho, illustrated with pictures of human anatomy that drew on vacation in August Sotelo Aguilar. It Lereno schoolteacher and his brother Nadir Afonso, who contributed much to encourage the ways of art.

The proximity of the brick kiln and clay, arts workshops and the forging of iron, the workshops of Architecture where he designed, and the music that always accompanied the influences were. At sixteen states for the first time drawing and painting at the City Museum with support from City Hall Clark, an event which was attended by General Antonio Ramalho Eanes. Secondary studies in high school did Ferdinand Magellan, who stopped by lack of law school. In 2006 continued his studies at the University of Lusophone Humanities and Technology in Communication Sciences and Culture - Cultural Management area.

At seventeen, she comes to Lisbon. In AR.CO - Center for Art and Visual Communications - studying the workshops in Drawing and Painting under the guidance of Manuel Costa Cabral and Rogerio Ribeiro.

• In Lisbon among others: Set design, decoration of the Pavilion of Guinea-Bissau at Expo 98, he painted scenes of cinema, Heraldry, screens and panels on the centenary of the birth of Fernando Pessoa, artistic design and advertising, posters, advertisements, window dressing, interior design, graphic design and editorial illustrations for magazines, People and Travel "," Africa Today, "" Communicate and thinking among Masons, "" Between Columns. " Poster Biennial of Painting Domingos Sequeira. Author of numerous illustrations for books, covers and art for art books and poetry.