Viktoria Modesta

Viktoria Modesta is a bionic artist, creative director, musician, and champion of future innovations. Currently living in Los Angeles she has established herself as a "Sci-Fi in real life" artist & creative leader by challenging modern identity with avant-garde performance and visuals, one-of-a-kind prosthetics and fashion designs, and collaborations that bridge STEM with Pop Culture.

Her mission is to explore & test the outer limits of a technologically-enhanced human experience on earth, space, and the metaverse.

Viktoria first stepped onto the global stage with a performance at London 2012 Paralympic Closing Ceremony, followed by her perennially viral music/art video Prototype commissioned by Channel 4. Tallying hundreds of million views across the internet & television, her arresting spike dance and post-disability aesthetic introduced Viktoria as the world's first Bionic Pop Artist.

She is known for her hyper-stylized performances and productions across the globe and constantly pushing forward art innovation and inclusivity in entertainment. A frequent keynote speaker & panelist, she has been featured in Forbes, Wired, Elle USA, Guardian, CNN, Vice, Vogue, LA Times, Dazed, and New York Times.

Her work with brands spans from an ambassadorship to fully involved art direction, team curation, strategy, and production executed via a co-founded creative studio Modestar specializing in accelerating future-focused narrative.

Extending her life’s mission, her avatar designed by Lilium Labs debuted in a TIME Pieces, 'Build a Better Future' NFT drop with a follow-up raising funds for Ukraine. Her first large installation the 'Virtual Twin' with virtual fashion commerce DressX, went on display in early 2023 at the Crystal Bridges Museum, Fashioning America 'Grit to Glamour' exhibit.

An MIT Media Lab, Directors Fellow - 2016 Cohort, Young European Leaders - class 2019, and ambassador for accessibility space initiative Mission Astro access, Viktoria explores the impact of technology on the future of human lifestyle and culture . Her latest project with Aurelia Institute tapped into a new frontier of body augmentation in microgravity through tech wearables and architectural fashion.

‘Human augmentation is more than a costume change for your identity, it can change the course of your destiny'.