Catherine is a Fine Art Printmaking graduate from the National College of Art and Design. She has designed costumes for every major Irish company across the artforms of theatre, dance, and opera on National and International stages. In 2023 she was awarded an MFA in Art in the contemporary World from NCAD. She has been a committee member of ISPD since 2017. In 2019 She was selected as one of the designers to represent Ireland at the Prague Quadrennial exhibition.

2021-2022 - Co-producer of ISSSD's SkĒNOGRAPHIA Masterclasses funded by The Arts Council Theatre Resource & Development Award

2020 – 2023 Chair of The Irish Society of Performance Designers (ISPD)

2025

FLEDERMAUS (IRISH NATIONAL OPERA - DAVEY KELLEHER

MAKING HISTORY (EVERYMAN THEATRE CORK - DES KENNEDY)

THE UNITED STATES VERSUS ULYSSES (IRISH ARTS CENTRE, NY - CONALL MORRISSON)

A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM ( BLACKWATER VALLEY OPERA FESTIVAL - PATRICK MASON)

MARS (IRISH NATIONAL OPERA - JENNIFER WALSHE/TOM CREED)

THE BOY (ABBEY THEATRE - CAITRIONA MCLOUGHLIN)

GOLD IN THE WATER (IRISH TOUR - RONAN PHELAN)

MADAMA BUTTERFLY (IRISH NATIONAL OPERA - DAISY EVANS)

AWARDS / NOMINATIONS

Semele                                    Opera Collective Ireland         Irish Times Theatre Award nomination 202

The Plough and the Stars      The Abbey Theatre                 Irish Times Theatre Award nomination 2017

Romeo and Juliet                   The Gate Theatre                   Irish Times Theatre Award nomination 2016

Our Few and Evil Days           The Abbey Theatre                 Irish Times Theatre Award nomination 2015

Breaking Dad                          Landmark Productions           Irish Times Theatre Award nomination 2015

Dogs                                       Emma Martin Dance               Winner Best Production and Best Design for ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2012

Henry IV Part I                        The Abbey Theatre                 Irish Times/ESB Theatre Award nomination 2007