STRANGER CAT CV
CAT MARTINO / STRANGER CAT
Vocalist • Sculptor • Light Artist • Producer • Composer • Sound Artist • Video Artist • DJ • Sound Healer
📧 iamstrangercat@gmail.com | 📞 646-552-1590 | Miami / NYC
ARTIST GRANTS
MIA Individual Artist Grant (2025)
MIA Individual Artist Grant (2024)
NYFA City Corps Artist Grant, Music and Multimedia Production (2021)
NYFA Fund Grant, Women's Music Composition and Recording (2020)
INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKS & INSTALLATIONS
Live Arts Miami LALA WIP Cohort Chosen Artist, site-specific performance / Koubek Center (2026)
Loop Critique, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami / MUD Foundation (2026)
Selected by artist Jillian Mayer for a technology focused critique cohort and exhibition.
LUMICUBE, Rubell Museum Art Basel Miami (December 2025) / IGNITE Festival (February 2026)
Light installation exploring the creation of an imaginal portal through sculptural light. Commissioned through Mad Arts and the Red Bull Open Call.
Clandestina, Art Basel Miami (December 2025)
Living sculpture and immersive light and sound installation with durational voice and movement performance.
Sound Sanctuary Mad Arts, Dania Beach FL (October 2025)
Sixteen channel spatial audio installation with live vocal and electronic activation.
Locust Projects, Miami (March 2025)
Sound reactive light installation with live performance and video art exhibition and performance
Celeste Series (April 2025)
Immersive sound reactive light sculpture installation with live activation.
Alcova, Art Basel Miami, Selina Gold Dust Motel (December 2023)
Music activated within a sculptural light installation. Curated by NEW INC.
The Locker Room, Art Basel Miami (2022)
Light and sound installation.
MetaEarth, Art Basel Miami (2021)
Sound compositions presented within immersive sculptural light installation.
CARVED / UNCARVED, Ed Varie Gallery, New York (2021)
Sculptural installation incorporating Everglades field recordings.
SIRENS OF BROOKLYN Founder and Composer (2010 to present).
30 women's choir dedicated to community centered performance and social impact, with partnership performances at Brooklyn's historic Plymouth Church.
“Let It Go” sample piece presented on 256-channel WFS Array with live performance Brookly, NY (2019)
Sound Sanctuary / Sound & Flow – Immersive sound healing installations (2019–Present)
Commissions for BAM & Joyce Theater (Doug Varone, Melissa Briggs, Faye Driscoll)
Stranger Cat light installation series (2017–Present)
MUSIC, ALBUMS & PERFORMANCES
Stranger Cat – LP2 Slow Jam Love Letters To My Body In Pieces (2024)
– Premieres via FLOOD, The Needle Drop, NPR, Brooklyn Vegan
Stranger Cat – LP1 In the Wilderness (Joyful Noise)
– Acclaimed by NYT, NPR, Brooklyn Vegan; writer, performer, co-producer
PLASTIC: The Album – Featured singer (2024, NYT, LAT, NPR acclaim)
Composer/vocalist for G7 play (Knight Foundation New Work grant) – Miami (2023)
Tunnel Project – Socially distant performances in Prospect Park (2020)
Global tours incl. Carnegie Hall, Coachella, Sydney Opera House, Bonnaroo
Opened for Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright, Sharon Van Etten, and more
Miami shows: The Anderson, Center for Subtropical Affairs, Understory, etc.
4 solo albums as Cat Martino (pop, electronic, folk)
Featured on Sufjan Stevens’ Age of Adz (10 tracks), Nathan Rateliff EP (Choir Director)
COLLABORATIONS & FEATURED WORK
Jimmy Fallon with Sufjan Stevens (Vocalist/Dancer)
Saturday Night Live Swith The Shins
Tiny Desk Concert with Sharon Van Etten
Choir director + featured on All Delighted People (Sufjan Stevens)
Vocals on Son Lux’s Lanterns, Sharon Van Etten’s EPIC, Nina Persson’s Colonia, and more
PEOPLE Festival with Bon Iver, Governors Ball with Passion Pit
Director/editor for Stranger Cat video works, including In the Wilderness series
TEACHING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Music production, voice, recording, beat making, DJing, dance, and visual art
– The Motivational Edge (Miami), Building Beats & LEAP (NYC)
Yoga, breathwork, meditation instructor (2010–Present)
Founder & Musical Director – Sirens of Brooklyn Women’s Choir (2010–Present)
RESIDENCIES
Witness Relocation, Catskills (2019)
Nietzsche Haus, Switzerland (2018)
Desire Labs, CA (2013, 2015, 2019)
National Freedom Studios, OR – Light to Sound Installation (2019)
SKILLS
Performance: Voice (pop, folk, jazz, opera), guitar, piano, synths, drum machines, beat making
Production: Logic, Ableton, Maschine, Pioneer DJ, MIDI controllers
Light Art: LED soldering, punchdown, DMXIS, Resolume, Ableton integration
Dance: Contemporary, street, choreographic
Video: Concept development, editing
PRESS
NPR Music, The New York Times, Pitchfork, FLOOD Magazine, LA Times, Boston Herald, Brooklyn Vegan, and more
EDUCATION
BA – English, Music, Dance – Rutgers University
Independent studies with Ben Vida, Sonic Arts MFA program, Brooklyn College