Carla Gottgens wears 2 hats, one as a practicing professional artist and the other as a professional photographer.  Her photographic work takes her all over Australia photographing anything from giant prawns in tropical Queensland, to an ex-Shanghai policeman turned farmer in Kununurra, Lithium mining in Western Australia, truffle hunting in Tasmania and any potential Australian Prime Minister on the campaign trail.

Her art practice is multi disciplinary and ranges from public sculptures and installations for councils around Australia, street art murals and wall and window work for exhibitions and councils, and a wide range of community based artworks involving community groups and school students who are involved in the design, creation and delivery of permanent and temporary based artworks within a community setting.

Carla completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts (UNSW) in Sydney before pursuing an honours degree and then a Masters degree in Photography at RMIT in Victoria.