Cat C. Haines (she/her)
Education
MA. Women and Gender Studies. University of Regina. 2021.
BSc. Honours Computer Science. University of Regina. 2010.
Artist Education and Residencies
Saskatchewan Writers Guild Winter Retreat. Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild. Feb 2025.
CARFAC Sask Art Writing Mentorship with Nic Wilson. CARFAC Sask. Nov 2024 - May 2025.
City of Regina Neil Balkwill Artist in Residence. City of Regina. July 2024 - Oct 2024.
BAM Artist Residency. Bridges Art Movement. May 2024 - June 2024.
CARFAC Sask Foundational Mentorship with Sylvia Ziemann. CARFAC Sask. Sept 2022- June 2023.
Ender Gallery Artist Residency. MacKenzie Art Gallery. March 2021 - April 2021.
Artist Grants
Explore and Create. Canada Council for the Arts. Colloid: A Trans Girls Manifesto of Filmmaking and Liberation. 2025.
Independent Artist Grant. SK Arts. Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 1. 2024-2025.
Independent Artist Grant. SK Arts. Towards Liberation at Bridges Art Movement. 2024.
Independent Artist Grant. SK Arts. Watercolour Self Portraiture. 2023.
Microgrant. SK Arts. Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 0. 2022.
Collections
All We Have (2024). City of Regina Civic Art Collection. 2025.
Film Screenings
[UPCOMING] Self Portrait (Decomposed). Lethbridge Independent Film Festival. Lethbridge, Canada. 2025.
[UPCOMING] There is Reproduction Here Too. Artifact Film Festival. Calgary, Canada. 2025.
All We Have. Femme Fest 2025. Regina Public Library Film Theatre. Regina, Canada. 2025.
All We Have. City of Regina Neil Balkwill Artist in Residence. Regina Public Library Film Theatre. Regina, Canada. 2024.
Rituals for the Revolution (DIY how to dye cellulose cloth). Nuit Blanche YXE. Saskatoon, Canada. 2024.
Dear Georgena. Queer City Cinema. Regina, Canada. 2024.
In Response to 137. Queer City Cinema. Regina, Canada. 2024.
There is Reproduction Here Too. One Take Super 8. Regina Public Library Film Theater. Regina, Canada. 2024.
Brown Buns. One Take Super 8. Regina Public Library Film Theater. Regina, Canada. 2022.
The Lovers. One Take Super 8. Regina Public Library Film Theater. Regina, Canada. 2021.
Exhibitions and Performances
GROUP EXHIBITION. Poetics of Light. aceartinc.. Winnipeg, Canada. 2025
ARTIST-CURATOR. Darkest Night: A night of performance and poetry. Art Gallery of Regina. Regina, Canada. 2025.
LIVE CINEMA. There is Reproduction Here Too with Shayna Stock. Saskatchewan Festival of Words. Moose Jaw, Canada. 2024.
ARTIST-CURATOR. Towards Liberation. Bridges Art Movement. Saskatoon, Canada. 2024.
PERFORMER. As witchknife: The Ritual of Baubo. Art Gallery of Regina. Regina, Canada. 2023.
SOUND INSTALLATION. As witchknife: Seasons: Autumn. Art Gallery of Regina. Regina, Canada. 2023.
PERFORMER. Lonely Hearts Call, a performance by Lou Sheppard. Performatorium. Regina, Canada. 2023.
EXHIBITION. (g)Ender Gallery. MacKenzie Art Gallery. Regina, Canada. 2021.
Fine Arts Workshops
Colloid: A trans girl’s manifesto on filmmaking and liberation. Toronto Queer Film Festival Symposium. Toronto, Canada. 2025
Beep Boop: An Introduction to Modular Synthesis. GRR. Regina, Canada. 2025.
Super QT Film School. City of Regina Neil Balkwill Artist in Residence. Regina, Canada. 2024.
Exploring Your Gender, part of I don’t want to see or be seen by cis people by Jaye Kovach. Performatorium / Queer City Cinema 2023. Regina, Canada. 2023.
Cyborg Bodies//Minecraft Creations. Vector Festival. Toronto, Canada. 2021.
Artist Talks and Speaking Engagements
Haines, C. (2024). Trans/sublimation: living an abject life. Philosophy Cafe. Philosophy Department, University of Regina. Regina, Canada.
Haines, C. (2024). Writing Desire. First Draft: Conversations on Writing. Saskatchewan Writers Guild. Saskatchewan, Canada.
Haines, C. (2024). Your Non-Profit Isn't Radical: Why the Non-Profit Industrial Complex Can't Lead Us To Liberation. Reingagining Non-Profits. Regina, Canada.
Haines, C., Rose, M. M.. (2024). Making Art, Building Solidarity. Bridges Art Movement. Saskatoon, Canada.
Haines, C. (2022). Playing with Gender. Invited Lecture. University of Regina. Regina, Canada.
Haines, C. (2021). Space and Place in Minecraft. Invited Lecture. University of Regina. Regina, Canada.
Brasseur, J., Haines, C., Ruddy, E. J., (2021). Queering Scopophilia: Disrupting the Cisgender Gaze in Contemporary Art. Community Panel. Common Weal Community Arts. Regina, Canada.
Alverez, K., Haines, C., Hudym, A., Pallagi, E. (2018). Ethical Storytelling: Identity and Representation. Common Weal Community Arts and Regina Public Library Film Theatre’s Hot Topics. Regina, Canada.
Publications
Haines, C. (2024). Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 0: Second Printing. Gravitron. Regina, Canada.
Haines, C. (2022). Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 0. Gravitron. Regina, Canada.
Haines, C. (2021). Transmisogyny and the Abjection of Girlcock. Master’s Thesis. University of Regina. Regina, Canada.
Press and Critical Engagement
City of Regina. (2024). City of Regina Announces Cat Haines as 2024 Neil Balkwill Artist in Residence. City of Regina. Regina, Canada.
Fontana, M. (2023). Digital Heterotopias in the Metaverse: The (g)Ender Gallery by Cat Haines. AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images 2, no. 2.
Friends, S, Bluemke, C, and Carroll, J. (2022). Minecraft to Metaverse. BlackFlash. Saskatchewan, Canada.