Matías Valdés Marsans
Humanities Specialist · Archivist · Digital Continuity Management and Art History
I started working in galleries very early on and quickly came into contact with the mechanics of cultural production. I studied Humanities (UPF) and Art History (UNIROMA1). I have always shifted between art history, philosophy, art theory and literature. During my studies, contact with original documents awakened my interest in archives. Realising the importance of these repositories for my studies led me to reorient myself towards archival science, IT and cultural administration. That is why I completed an online master’s degree in Archiving and Digital Continuity at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, and I am currently looking for work in the field.
Languages
IT
- Spanish: Mother tongue
- Catalán: Mother tongue
- Italian: C2
- English: C1
- French: C1
- German: C1
- Swiss-German: Fluent
- MS Office
- Adobe Creative Suite
- WordPress
- Mailchimp
- Filemaker
- MuseumPlus
- AtoM
- Visual Studio Code
EXPERIENCE
04.2025 – Present
Archival Technical Collaborator – OVNI Observatorio Video No Identificado
- Collaboration on a project for the standardization and processing of archival data.
- Installation and setup of an AtoM server. https://atom.matiasvaldesmarsans.com/
- Recording and structuring of data according to international standards such as ISAD(G), ISAAR, ISDF, etc.
- Preparation of metadata for export in Dublin Core and EAD.
- Support in applying for state grants.
09.2023-06.2026
Customer Care – Medi24
- Handling around 120 calls per day, including emergencies, in 5 different languages (DE / IT / FR / EN and Swiss German)
- Explaining each patient’s insurance model, along with the rules of the different insurances and the corresponding procedures
- Managing time slots / windows when patients need to visit the doctor
04.2026–05.2026
Archive Assistant – Badrutt’s Palace Hotel, St. Moritz
- Inventory, cataloguing and description of the hotel’s historic furniture (typology, materials, condition, provenance), following the SERAC standard for movable heritage, under the direction of Evelyne Lüthi-Graf, director of the Archives Hôtelières Suisses
- Cataloguing, description and thorough inventory of the historic photographic collection belonging to the Badrutt family
10.2021 – 08.2023
Italian and Spanish Teacher – International Language School (ILS), Bern
- Design, organisation and selection of teaching materials
- Language courses for teenagers and adults
09.2022 – 11.2022
Assistant – Photoforum Pasquart, Biel
- Conception, design, development and realisation of the museum archive.
- Design, management, logistics and inventory of the museum shop
- Administrative support for external communications
- Organisation of events
- Web management (WordPress), institutional communication (Mailchimp)
- Installation and dismantling of exhibitions
03.2022 – 05.2022
Projet’s Assistant Archivierungs- und Digitalisierungsprojekt in der zeitgenössischer Kunst – Kunsthalle, Bern
- Classification, arrangement and inventory of documents
- Digitalisation, maintenance and management of archival records
- Handling enquiries from researchers and clients
09.2018 – 09.2021
Scientific collaborator – Institut für spanische Literatur und Sprachen, Universität Bern, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
- Research activities
- Participation in several conferences
- Participation in the organisation of the conference at the University of Bern: Les «détours» du sujet: discours biographique, postures et subjectivation en lettres et sciences humaines.
- Graphic design of posters and other materials
- Writing articles and scientific publications
- Research in the archives of the University of Barcelona, the María Zambrano Foundation, the ILE and the Ramón Gaya Museum.
09.2018 – 01.2020
Private Teacher – Elprofeacasa, Barcelona
- Spanish, Catalan and Italian lessons
- Art history, history, philosophy and literature lessons.
- Preparation of students for secondary school exams (ESO, Bachillerato and university entrance exams).
JOBS WHILE STUDYING
2018 – 2019
Freelancer – Sala Parés und Planeta Bea, Barcelona
- Development of the exhibition concept and writing of the catalogue for the exhibitions of
- Gema Prades San Nicolas (Reliquias) und Mireia Mateo (Los recuerdos inventados)
2012 – 2015
Digital communication and cultural journalism – Pull the Metal (collaboration beetwen Metal Magazine y Pull&Bear) and PigmalionBlog, Barcelona
- Project management, curation and blog editing
- Writing articles on film, photography, visual arts and music
- Planning and conducting interviews
- Content creation
OTHER STUDENT JOBS, BEFORE UNIVERSITY
2008 – 2012
Gallery Assistant – Galeria Libertad, Galeria Plataforma, Barcelona
- Administrative work and event organisation: catering, mailing and mailing invitations
- Graphic design
- Service at events and openings
09.2011-
04.2012
Logistics – Editorial Ekaré, Barcelona
- Preparation of shipments and invoices
- Inventory and storage records (Excel)
09.2011-
04.2012
Internship – Tallers Vallirana, Barcelona
- Silkscreen printing
09.2011-
04.2012
Internship – FericheBlack Estudio, Barcelona
- Graphic Design
FORMACIÓN
2024 – 2026
It was an online master’s degree whose final thesis (TFM) involved setting up a Linux server, installing AtoM and creating an archive for the independent audiovisual archive OVNI with more than 3,000 records: https://atom.matiasvaldesmarsans.com/
05.2023
2022
ICOM Course – «Arbeiten im Depot. Arbeitsabläufe und Optimierungsmöglichkeiten im Depot», with Simon Schweizer, Director of the Museum Schloss Burgdorf’s collection
2016 – 2018
Master in Art History, Università della Sapienza, Roma
I wrote my Master’s thesis in the Department of Art Criticism. In my work, I studied the concept of image of the philosopher María Zambrano in relation to the work of some Spanish painters (Ramón Gaya, Luis Marsans and Xavier Valls). I graduated with honours.
2012 – 2016
Bachelor in Humanities at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
They were very interdisciplinary studies. My final degree project was a proposal for an annotated edition of the then unpublished correspondence between María Zambrano and Ramón Gaya. I have always been very interested in painting and its relationship with art theory.