Cat Hart is an artist living on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), also known as Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally from the UK, they have called these lands home for the last 20 years.
Education
Langara College — Diploma, Fine Art — 2024
Simon Fraser University — MA, Communications — 2013
University of Birmingham — BA, American and Canadian Studies — 2007
Exhibitions
2025— Beyond the Threshold, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2025— Emerging Photographers Showcase, Exposure Photography Festival, Contemporary Calgary, AB
2024— The Active Image: Political Ecologies and Photographic Agency, Sustainable Darkroom, UK
2024—Collective Chaos- Scary Slice, Slice of Life, Vancouver, BC
2024—Unbound Gestures, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, BC
2022— Here : There, Fine Art Grad Show, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2022— Student Foundry Exhibition, Building A, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2021 — Video Sound Archive Season 2, Online, curators Bridget Moreen Leslie and Debbie Y. J. Lin
2018-2022— Various Student Exhibitions, Buffalo Lounge, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
Public Art Installations
2025— Progress, Launchpad Public Art Program, Vancouver, BC
2022-2023— Food Forest Greenhouse, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2022-2023— Fingers Crossed, Langara - 49th skytrain station, Vancouver, BC
Screenings
2022— “Handmade Biscuits”, Small File Media Festival, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
2021— “Correspondence”, Small File Media Festival, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
2021— “Strip”, Small File Media Festival, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Professional Experience in the Arts
2025— Branscombe House Artist Residency, Richmond, BC
2024— Metal Artist Residency, Southend, UK
2023— Deer Lake Artist Residency, Burnaby, BC
2021, 2022— East Vancouver Culture Crawl Artist, Vancouver, BC
Awards
Open Student Scholar Prize. First Place. Langara College. 2021.
Publications and Conferences
Hart, C., Jin, D., & Feenberg, A. (2014). The Insecurity of Innovation: A Critical Analysis of Cybersecurity in the United States. International Journal Of Communication, 8, 19. Retrieved from http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/2774
“Canada’s Surveillance Society: Lawful Access and the fabrication of social order”, Canadian Communications Association Conference, University of Victoria: BC, (2013).
“Mobilizing the Cyberspace Race,” CyberSurveillance in Everyday Life: An International Workshop, University of Toronto: Ontario, (2011).