Mariana Malhão finished a BA in Communication Design at Faculty of Fine Arts in Oporto and did an internship in the collective Oficina Arara. Currently working as a freelancer and doing some personal projects exploring mostly illustration, ceramics and independent publications.

Published her first illustrated album in 2018 "Uma Rosa na Tromba de um Elefante" with the publisher Orfeu Negro, a poetry book written by António José Forte.