Gonzalo Ovejero
Specialty
New Media Art, light art, stage design and vjing
Education
Graduated in Design (Extraordinary End of Degree Award) from the University of Barcelona (UB)
Master in Teacher Training (specialty in Visual Arts) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Specialized in Digital Typography, Illustration, Visual Communication and Experimental Photography by Escola Massana
Certificate Program in Graphic Design and Photography by Pratt Institute (New York)
Certificate Program in Advanced Typography, Portrait Photography and Portfolio Development by School of Visual Arts (New York)
Senior Technician in Advertising Graphics from the Oviedo School of Art
Career path
Visual artist, stage designer and researcher in new artistic media. Graphic designer and web developer.
With more than 20 years of experience in the creative industries, he has produced design, art and websites for renowned brands such as Seat, Nokia, Brugal, Vodafone, Bimbo, Revlon, Barcelona Poesía, Synapsis Festival, Llum Barcelona, Fünkdamental Records, Gráfica Study, among many others.
study member BeatMe Lab, where he carries out multidisciplinary artistic projects related to light: mapping projections, led and dmx lighting, laser, interactive installations, etc. He has worked as director of expansion for the renowned Hong Kong-based IdN Magazine.
Speaker at events such as TMDG (Mar del Plata, Argentina), Latin Lover Fest (Santiago, Chile) or Motiva (Oviedo, Spain).
Subjects and workshops
DEGREE IN FINE ARTS
Multimedia Projects Workshop
Digital Technology for Fine Arts I
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PERFORMING ARTS AND SCREEN ACTING
Computer Technology Applied to the Performing Arts
Research lines
Intersections between design, art and technology. New Media Art.
Awards, mentions and recognitions
Extraordinary End of Degree Award from the University of Barcelona
Innova Prize 2018 by Gaudeamus Projecta
Bronze Prize 2014 for Laus
Web Design Jury Awards (2011, 2012, 2013) and Web Design Audience Awards (2002, 2003) at Barcelona Visual Sound
Other merits
The Metamorphoses, editorial design work published in the book Type Rules! The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography (Ilene Strizver. 2006, New York: Wiley)