Patricia Portela studied theater, cinema and dance in Lisbon, Antwerp, Utrecht and Denmark.
Since 1994, she works for independent theater companies, mainly as set or costume designer.
She wrote and coordinated several performances as Wasteband, 2003 (Prize Reposição Teatro Decade na and honorific mention of the Prize Acarte/Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão), Flatland, 2004 (prize Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão 2004 and special mention Prize of the Portuguese Criticism 2006), Odilia, 2006, or Banquete, 2007. She has published since 1998: Operação cardume rosa (Fenda 1998), Se não bigo não digo (Fenda 1999), Odília (Caminho 2007), Para cima e não para Norte (Caminho 2008).