studies
2020 - currently M.A. in Fine Arts - Intermedia, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, PT2012 - 2016 B.A. in Fine Arts - Multimedia, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, PT
2014 - 2015 Erasmus Programme, Conceptual Art - Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna, AT
solo exhibitions
2020 post-world — online exhibition at Dentro Gallery, Porto2019 The World is not the World — Banana Jam Gallery, Shenzhen
selected group exhibitions
2021 Árvore das Virtudes — Cooperativa Árvore, PortoMaputo Fast Forward - Cosmopolíticas & Afrotropias (festival) — Maputo, MZ
ZigurFest 2021 — Casa do Artista, Lamego
Exposição Satélite — Maus Hábitos, Porto
2020 a releitura do mundo — Espaço Mira, Porto
2019 RETURN — Arbre Art Center, Shenzhen
A Fluid Space — Great Art Space Gallery, Shenzhen
Art Revelation — Artcloud Art Center, Shenzhen
Against the Sameness — Great Art Space Gallery, Shenzhen
2018 Artist Is Present — Artist Is Present Gallery, Shenzhen
Shenzhen International Art Fair ‘18
2017 Staged — 1933 Space, Shanghai
Spectre — ISNS Gallery, Shenzhen
First Show — Jardín Orange Gallery, Shenzhen
As Fotografias e o Resto #02 — oMuseu, Porto
2016 International Photography Festival - Encontros da Imagem, Braga
Athens Photo Festival - Photobook Exhibition — Benaki Museum, Athens
Jardim do Éden — Centro Hospitalar Conde Ferreira, Porto
ALREADY MADE — oMuseu, Porto
Onde o vento vai dar a volta — Mundano Gallery, Porto
THE THINGS WE BUILD — CACE, Porto
Positivo/Negativo — Almadas Gallery, Porto
residencies
2021 Cross-Cultural Collaboration, wendy.network (online; September)2018 Guanlan Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, CN (February - March)
books & publications
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? — in Alix (#1)Mundo — in Paralaxe
a plant is — in Dose (#3)
(essay) The World, The Moon and The Photograph — in Minimal Zine (Issue 01)
collections
Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, PortugalChina Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, China
Private collections (Shenzhen, China; Wuhan, China; Idaho, U.S.A.; Texas, U.S.A.)
interviews // writings about the work
Interview with Catarina Braga — by Margarida Alves in Umbigo Magazinepost-world — by Catarina Real in ARTE CAPITAL (PT)
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art programming // curating
Between 2016 and 2019, she lived in Shenzhen, China.
She was a member of ISZAF (International Shenzhen Artist Forum) where between 2017 and 2019, co-produced and organized several art projects: from collective exhibitions to publications and collaborations between independent artistic spaces and the local artists in the Chinese city.
Between 2018 and 2019 she worked in the cultural organization 白墙 FOTOSHOP where she was involved in the production and programming of several art and culture events in the city; of significant importance the second edition of the Shekou Photography Festival “跨界与凝视” — “Crossover & Gaze” (2019).
She was a member of ISZAF (International Shenzhen Artist Forum) where between 2017 and 2019, co-produced and organized several art projects: from collective exhibitions to publications and collaborations between independent artistic spaces and the local artists in the Chinese city.
Between 2018 and 2019 she worked in the cultural organization 白墙 FOTOSHOP where she was involved in the production and programming of several art and culture events in the city; of significant importance the second edition of the Shekou Photography Festival “跨界与凝视” — “Crossover & Gaze” (2019).
2013 - 2014
SOMBRA Cineclube in FBAUP with i2ADS.
Co-organizer of cinema cycles; writer of the films’ essays.