Eva Colom

Eva Colom Valageas holds a degree in Sociology (University of Barcelona) and in Cultural Management (University of Barcelona and Université Paris Dauphine-PSL). Born in Mallorca, she began her professional career in Barcelona and moved to Paris in 2007, where she lived for 17 years. From 2008, she worked at the Catalan Arts – Catalan Institute for Cultura Companies office in France (Paris), first as an Internationalization Officer and, from 2014, as Director. In September 2023, she joined Catalan Arts team in Barcelona as Digital Culture Project Manager (video games, VR, AR, and music tech, among others). With over 15 years of experience in internationalization, she has carried out projects with prestigious French and international institutions to promote Catalan cultural companies in performing arts, music, publishing, live arts, and digital culture. This last two year, she has coordinated Catalan Arts’ presence at international fairs such as Integrated Systems Europe and 4YFN-Mobile World Congress (Barcelona), Game Developers Conference (San Francisco), BitSummit (Kyoto), and Gamescom (Cologne). In parallel with her work in the Catalan public administration, she has also worked as a social researcher at the Fundació Pere Tarrés, project manager at French association Afev, served as a tutor for the Master in Management of Cultural Institutions and Enterprises (University of Barcelona-IL3), and been a guest lecturer at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL.