Rute Carlos is a Portuguese painter of modern and contemporary art. Her works alternate between acrylic painting on canvas and more recently digital art. In her paintings, the artist often mixes different styles of abstract painting. Her artistic method is expansive, energetic, and technical. Her works have solid and very defined colors.

Rute Carlos was born in 1980 in Peso da Régua, Alto Douro Vinhateiro, World Heritage, Portugal.