Catarina Oliveira has a degree in Contemporary Art and has worked as a curator, stage photographer, tour guide and workshop lead in museums. She worked in the independent film sector as Head of Distribution (Leopardo Filmes, Portugal) and has been involved in sales, programming and curation for festivals (Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival) and film exhibition (Medeia Filmes, Portugal). Catarina is currently based in Berlin, working in legal and business affairs for The Match Factory. She was part of the Next Wave Programme at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), and the Sundance Collab Course for Short Film Screenwriting. She maintains an artistic practice, being passionate about the moving image.

2017

• BREVIÁRIO DO BRASIL (photography installation), with original idea and invitation by João Sousa Cardoso, artistic residency hosted by Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade in São Paulo, Brazil.

2015

• Stage photography of the project TEATRO EXPANDIDO (Expanded Theater), from January to December 2015, a selection of twelve plays staged by João Sousa Cardoso.

2014

• Production assistant and art direction in the film A SANTA JOANA DOS MATADOUROS (film), directed by João Sousa Cardoso, reading and dramatisation of Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe by Bertolt Brecht.

• CLAIRE DE LUNE (performance and installation), group exhibition IT’S ALL SO ____. AND NOW?, Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto, Portugal.

• PD 929, collective project with Felicia Teixeira, João Brojo and Ricardo Bueno, produced by ARTES - Contemporary Art Program of Manuel António da Mota Foundation, Porto, Portugal.

• AUDIENCE (installation), group exhibition TO WHICH HEAD ITS RULING, developed between the Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Power Plant - CACE, Porto, Portugal.

• Stage photography of the opera ACIS AND GALATEA, co-produced by the Portuguese Romanesque Route and the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE), at the Monastery of Travanca, Ancede and Pombeiro, Portugal.

• LETTER TO MUSICIANS (short film), co-directed with Adriana Romero and Joana Pena, produced by the International Early Music Course in the city and Palace of Mafra, Portugal.

• POST STATION AT DUPIN STREET (video installation), group exhibition THE SUN WAS ABOUT HIM - SHE SAYS, curated by Manuel Santos Maia, at MIRA Gallery, Porto, Portugal.

• ACTORS (photography installation), group exhibition SEM QUARTEL/ WITHOUT MERCY, curated by Óscar Faria, Gallery Sismógrafo, Porto, Portugal.

• Stage photography of the play MIMA-FATÁXA, staged and produced by João Sousa Cardoso.

• BACH’S 4TH CANTATA (short film), co-directed with Adriana Romero and Joana Pena, produced by Expedição and Maus Hábitos, based on the concert presented by the Baroque Orchestra and the Opera Studio of the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE, Porto, Portugal).

• ATO V, CENA I (installation), group exhibition FIGURAS DO NOVO IMPÉRIO, curated by Horácio Frutuoso, Porto, Portugal.

2013

• Camera and stage photography of the film THE NIGHTWATCH (2013), direction and original idea by João Sousa Cardoso, produced by ARTES - Contemporary Art Program of Manuel António da Mota Foundation (Porto), from the reading and dramatisation of Heiner Müller’s Quartet.

• INSZENIERTE REISE (installation), group exhibition RUMO A OESTE, curated and produced by cultural project Expedição, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal.

• Stage photography of the play ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE (1997) by Martin Crimp, staged by Nuno M. Cardoso and presented by graduation students of the School of Theater of Externato Delfim Ferreira, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal.

• GLIDING, solo exhibition in the Planetarium, a partnership with the Center of Astrophysics of the University of Porto, Portugal.

• THE POOR OLD TIRED HOUSE (installation), group exhibition PRINT(ED) MATTER(S)#4 at the Museum of Fine Arts, University of Porto, Portugal.

• Camera and stage photography of the film BAAL (2013), direction and original idea by João Sousa Cardoso, produced by Unneeded Conversations and Cinemas 4, from the reading and dramatisation of Baal by Bertolt Brecht.

2012

• ICH ERWARTE, FLIEGENDE HÄUSER ZU SEHEN; installation at RUNDGANG 2013, group exhibition at Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien, Austria.