• Catarina Oliveira is a Portuguese visual artist based in Berlin. She holds a degree in Fine Arts with a specialization in Multimedia and Post-Conceptual Practices and Video, along with postgraduate studies in Communication Sciences, Cinema, and Television, Fiction Writing, and specialized training in film screenwriting and industry programs. Her artistic work has been featured in exhibitions and residencies internationally. Since 2018, she has been active in the independent film sector, working in programming, distribution, curation, legal and business affairs, as well as marketing and communications. She is currently dedicated to her artistic practice, focusing on film projects, photography, and literature.

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    TRÊS VOLTAS
    photography series, installed in the Mupi Gallery, produced by Expedição, at Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal

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    BREVIÁRIO DO BRASIL
    in collaboration with João Sousa Cardoso, Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade in São Paulo, Brazil

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    Stage Photography in the project TEATRO EXPANDIDO (Expanded Theater)
    from January to December, a selection of 12 plays staged by João Sousa Cardoso

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    Art direction in A SANTA JOANA DOS MATADOUROS (feature film)
    directed by João Sousa Cardoso, an adaptation of Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe by Bertolt Brecht

    CLAIRE DE LUNE
    installation and performance, presented in the group exhibition IT’S ALL SO ____. AND NOW?,
    Library of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, Portugal

    PD 929
    installation, group 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 EACH HEAD ITS SENTENCE, developed between the Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts
    and the 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
    installation, group exhibition THE SUN WAS ABOUT HIM - SHE SAYS, curated by Manuel Santos Maia
    at MIRA Gallery, Porto, Portugal

    ACTORS
    photography series, presented in the group exhibition WITHOUT MERCY, curated by Óscar Faria
    Sismógrafo Gallery, 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 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

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    Camera and stage photography for the feature film and exhibition THE NIGHTWATCH direction and original idea by João Sousa Cardoso
    an adaptation of Heiner Müller’s Quartet, produced by ARTES - Contemporary Art Program of Manuel António da Mota Foundation, Porto, Portugal

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

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

    GLIDING
    solo exhibition in the Planetarium, installation, video and silkscreens
    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, direction and original idea by João Sousa Cardoso
    produced by Unneeded Conversations and Cinemas 4, an adaptation of Baal by Bertolt Brecht

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