CATHERINE MACHADO
b.1995, lives in Montreal, Qc
Artist, Researcher, Theatre Creator
Poet, Performer, Events Organizer for RODAISUN
Member of the Visual Research Society of Canada
https://www.grapeseedbooks.com/
https://www.visualresearcher.ca
EDUCATION
2024 Francisation Québec, Niveau 6
2017 Bachelor of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University (FKA Ryerson University)
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Montreal Fringe Festival — The Womb Is a Room in Another Person, 2025
Finalist, Most Promising English Producer Award Roles: Playwright, Director & Mask Maker
Expozine Alternative Press Awards – The Sun Room, 2025
Winner, Best English Literature Roles: Archive Producer & Featured Poet
Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) — Saving Mr. Dress Up: The Magic of Make-Belief, 2024
Winner of five CSA Awards, including Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research and Best Editorial Research Roles: Archive Producer & Editorial Research
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) — Saving Mr. Dress Up: The Magic of Make-Belief, 2024
Winner, TIFF People’s Choice Award
RODAISUN, 2023
Finalist, Best English Literature
Roles: Poet & Events Organizer
PUBLISHED WORK
“Bark” – poetry, The Sun Room, September 2025
“Beauty”– poetry, The Pit Periodical, November 2025
CATCRUSH (Grapeseed Books) – poetry, 2022
A newsletter turned poetry book on intimacy during a pandemic. The culminating book launch took place in a staged domestic space featuring video art and a kissing booth I sculpted with papier-mâché.
RODAISUN – poetry series, 2021 – ongoing
A monthly triad journal created and put out by the literary performance group RODAISUN, made up of three multi-disciplinary artists: Emma Cosgrove, Iva Celebic, and myself. Stockist: Librairie Saint-Henri Books, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, N’était-ce Pas L’été and Concordia Anarchist Zine Library.
READINGS & SELECTED PERFORMANCES
VISIONS Experimental Film Series with La Lumiere Collective–Featured Poet, 2024
Commissioned writer & performer for an experimental film series that hosts filmmakers from around the world. Eva Giolo (Belgium), Karen Doing (Oxford), Huw Wahl (UK) and more. RODAISUN opened every screening with original poems written for the films.
butterflies come out at night (1080 PRESS)–Featured Poet, 2024
In collaboration with Espace Maurice & RODAISUN. The launch of New York artist Alex Patrick Dyke’s book butterflies come out at night published by 1080PRESS.
THEATRE
The Womb is a Room in Another Person – Writer, Director & Mask-maker, 2025
An absurdist tragicomedy that serves as an allegory for the subconscious mind. Finalist for Most Promising English Producer Award at Montreal’s 2025 FRINGE Festival
Raj Na Ziemi / Paradise On Earth – Performer, 2024 I played the role of Time in Marcela Szwarc’s eco-feminist puppet ballet.
EVENTS
Writer’s Block hosted by RODAISUN – Featured Poet & Event Organizer, 2024 – ongoing
A writing workshop series first held at Martha Wainwright’s event space P’tit Ours as a part of a residency in collaboration with Juno nominated Busty and The Bass artist No Cosmos. Writer’s Block is an initiative for writers to show up at their journals together but alone, with improvised experimental jazz as the guide. The nights feature guest speakers, poetry readings and prompts crafted by RODAISUN. The series has been hosted at Système, Casa Obscura & P’tit Ours.
RODAISUN: Open Mic Night – Featured Poet & Event Organizer, 2023 – 2024
No Cosmos’ Album Release Party – Project Manager & Featured Installation Artist / Sculptor, 2023
ARCHIVE RESEARCH
DOCUMENTARY
2024 Lise Dion: 35 Ans de Complicité (6e Sens Television)
2023 Deschamps Raconte Yvon (Les Films La Tribu)
2022 Saving Mr. Dress Up: The Magic of Make-Belief (Amazon Prime)
2022 Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising (Makwa Creative, TIFF 2025)
FEATURE FILMS
2023 Drive Back Home (Mason Films)
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
2023 Faces of Canada Today – Renewal of Permanent Exhibit (Juno Beach Centre in Normandy, France)
TV DOCUMENTARY SERIES
2025 Mysteries From Above – Season 5 (Cottage Life TV, The History Channel)
2022 Mysteries From Above – Season 1 (T&E Channel)
2022 Planet Rewild (Snapchat) 2021 Homicide: Hours to Kill – Season 3 (Discovery ID)
2019 – 2020 Secrets in the Ice – Season 1 (Discovery Science)
2017 – 2019 Secrets of the Morgue – Seasons 1 & 2 (Discovery ID)
2017 – 2019 Homicide: Hours to Kill – Seasons 1 & 2 (Discovery ID)
SHORT FILMS
Bouquet – co-producer, 2024
A dark comedy short film featuring floral installation art by Marc Sardi, shot on 16mm. Production was partly funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Adopting an Identity – co-producer, researcher, editor, 2016
Selected to be part of the Canadian Diversity Film Festival 2017 Three Indigenous adoptees comb through their struggle with personal and cultural identity. This film delves into Indigenous people’s relationship with Canada’s child welfare policies, past and present.
CERTIFICATIONS
Neutral-mask workshop with Sara Corsini, White Wall Studio, 2024
3-month hand-building ceramics course, Atelier Spirale, 2021
Technical Foundations in TV Broadcast, Raindance Toronto, 2018