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Alberto Balaguer Gómez
Date of birth: 7th May 1987
Location: Murcia-Valencia, Spain.
Nationality: Spanish.
Phone number: +34 660419314
E-mail: contacto@albertobalaguer.com
Occupation field: Digital & Traditional media artist / designer.

Academic training:

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts.
    September 2006 – September 2011. Complutense University of Madrid.
  • Master in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage.
    September 2011 – September 2013. Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Art disciplines:

  • Illustration.
  • Concept Art.
  • 3D treatment, modeling and rendering.
  • Traditional media: drawing, painting and sculpting.
  • Photogrammetry and 3D printing.
  • Product design and branding.
  • Interior design.
  • Textile design.
  • Video and photography editing.
  • Audio/music recording and editing.

Other professional disciplines:

  • Craniofacial approach in physical and forensic anthropology.
  • Archeology: site and lab.
  • Conservation-restoration of cultural heritage.

Work experience. Art & design.

  • Freelance product designer.
    2017 – 2024. Valencia – Murcia. Spain.
  • Fine Arts instructor. Adult school.
    2022. City Council of Yecla. Murcia. Spain.
  • Editorial illustration, book cover artwork.
    2021. Saco de Huesos Editorial. Murcia – Zaragoza.
  • Editorial illustration, book cover artwork
    2019. Cerbero editorial. Murcia – Cádiz.
  • Illustrator textile designer.
    February 2019 – August 2019. GOBIK. Murcia, Spain.
  • Design process for Auriga C&R company: web, logos, brochures and cards.
    2015 -2016. Auriga C&R. Valencia, Spain.
  • Illustrator for deck-building card game Farándula.
    2014. BcP Juegos. Madrid.
  • Craniofacial approach in roman archeological site of Viminacium. Kostolac, Serbia.
    2015 – 2016. 400h. Institute of Professional Training in Forensic Sciences. 

Work experience. Archeology, anthropology and conservation-restoration.

  • Freelance restorer of cultural heritage.
    2017 – 2020. Murcia, Spain.
  • Excavation campaign in the roman archaeological site of Los Torrejones.
    November 2017 – February 2018. 400h. Murcia, Spain.
  • Excavation campaign in the roman archaeological site of Los Torrejones.
    Juno 2017 – October 2017. 400h. Murcia, Spain.
  • Practices in physical and forensic anthropology. Ávila, Spain.
    2015. 70h. Institute of Professional Training in Forensic Sciences.
  • Coordination and management of conservation-restoration projects.
    2015 – 2016. Auriga C&R. Valencia, Spain.
  • Excavation campaign in the roman archaeological site of Los Torrejones.
    July 2014 – September 2014. 250h. Murcia, Spain.
  • Restoration & conservation of baroque Aragon’s heritage of the 17th century.
    May 2013 – Juno 2013. ConservAR. Zaragoza, Spain.

Artistic and technical competences.

3D:

  • SketchUp.
  • Blender.
  • V-Ray.
  • Zbrush 2018.
  • Substance Painter.

2D:

  • Adobe Photoshop.
  • Adobe Illustrator.
  • Adobe In Design.
  • Adobe Camera Raw.

Photogrammetry and 3D printing:

  • Agisoft Photoscan Pro.
  • Cloud Compare.
  • Cura.
  • 3D printer Hephestos 2 by BQ™.

Others:

  • Adobe Premiere Pro for video editing.
  • Audio recording and editing:
    • Propellerhead Reason 10
    • Ableton Live
    • Logic Pro X

Professional training. Courses and lectures.

  • Course of Conservation and Restoration in metallic materials. 2019
    Fundación Santa María de Albarracín.
  • Course of Expert Technician in Archeology and Forensic Anthropology. 2015
  • Lecture of Conservation and Archaeological Restoration: The Mosaic. 2014
  • The Conservation and Restoration of the Mosaic. 2013
  • Course of Conservation and Restoration of archaeological pottery. 2012.
  • Materials and methods for cleaning painting works. Level 0.  2011.
  • Lecture of Art. The Restoration and Conservation of Adán & Eva by Dürer.  2011.
  • 12th Conference on Contemporary Art Conservation. 2011