Viktoria Arvayova is a multimedia artist and experimental musician from Slovakia, currently based in The Hague, NL. Her work explores sound as a material and seeks
to re-compose existing environments into spatial experiences. Her artistic research focuses on site specific sound practices, draws from field recording, listening, dyi electronics and socially engaging artistic practices.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Experimental Design from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and is currently enrolled in the One-Year Sonology Course
at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

Viktoria has participated in various residency programs, including the Phonon Residency in Ústí nad Labem (CZ), which focused on multichannel composition,
and the Screen Dive Residency during the Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht (NL).
Her works have been showcased at art festivals such as The Art Machines
and Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht (NL), and Rozptyl exhibition in Bratislava (SK).

Her sound compositions have been performed in diverse settings, acousmatic concert “The Melusines” in Ústí nad Labem (CZ), to broadcasts on radio platforms such as Intergalactic FM (NL), Radio Worm (NL), and the OnSite Radio Festival in The Hague.
And live concerts at art festivals including Halp Festival in Moravany (SK), Tehláreň Festival in Liptovský Mikuláš (SK), and Rozptyl exhibition in Bratislava.

In addition to her solo work, Viktoria actively collaborates on interdisciplinary projects. Her collaborative efforts have been featured in Slovak art magazine Vlna and the cultural platform Mloki.sk, emphasizing her commitment to creating connections through shared artistic practices.


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viki.arvay@gmail.com

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Latest Exhibitions

BREEK at PIP, Soniferous Garden - Visual installation (8.11.2024, The Hague, NL)

10x10x10, Soniferous Garden - Performative Environment (1.12.2023, The Hague, NL)

Rozptyl, Converting Analog Spaces - Light Installation (1.9. - 30.9.23, Bratislava, SK)

Acousmatic Garden, Bachelor Work Exhibition, VŠVU (16.-17.6.23, Bratislava, SK)

Headless, Old City Cultural Centre, Školská 14 (4.3.-11.4.23, Bratislava, SK)

Signalling Cell, Art Machines (7.-11.12.2022, Utrecht, NL)

YES or NO, Gaudeamus Festival, Screen Swarm (7.-11.9.2022, Utrecht, NL)

Quatro Amici (Group Project) - KB Library (23.5. - 4.6.2022, Den Haag, NL)


Latest Concerts / Radio streams

BUG Radio & On Air - On Site, featured track “Imagine you’re a place” (19.12.2024, Den Haag, NL)

10x10x10 Laak, Interfaculty fundraising event (12.12.2024, Den Haag, NL)

Radio Worm, FUZZ take-over (2.12.2024, Rotterdam, NL)

Melusines Concert, Ambisonic Concert (27.6.24, Ústí Nad Labem, CZ)

Halp Festival, Kaštiel Moravany (22.6.24, Moravany, SK)

OnSite Radio Stream, Nest (26.5.24, The Hague, NL)

Intergalactic FM (13.9.23, The Hague, NL)

Tehláreň (26.8.23, Liptovský Mikuláš, SK)

Rozptyl, Karpatská 24 (25.8.23, Bratislava, SK)

Hudobná Emisia, Fuga (21.8.23, Bratislava, SK)

Garáže, Guest Munis (11.8.23, Bratislava, SK)

Fuga, Mondays of Poetry, Guest Munis (24.7.23, Bratislava, SK)

Pink Whale, Hudobná Emisia (7.6.23, Bratislava, SK)

Profil Gallery, Exhibition of M. Čunderlíková (1.6.23, Bratislava, SK)




MoiRai at Dihan 24, with Celestina Minichova and Martin Kosorín, (21.11.24, Groningen, NL)

Another Failed Project (23.8.2023, Chemical Waste Dump Vrakuňa, Bratislava, SK)

Sound Performance - JAMA, Media Art/Alternative Music Festival (2021, SK)

Piece Fashioned for Random 12 Specific Non-Actors, Directed by P. Gonda (2021, SK)


Residencies, awards

Phonon Residency - Sommer Lab/Ambisonic Residency (5.-29.7.2024, Ústí Nad Labem, CZ)

Sound Arguments - Lectured Meetings (Feb. - June 2024, The Hague/Ghent, NL/BE)

Lom+You - Supported Project Idea - Prize 2 Field Recording Microphones “Uši” (2023)

Screen Dive, Part of Gaudeamus Festival (Utrecht, NL, 6.-10.9.2023)

INSIDE AWARD - Winner of Trophy Design for INSIDE AWARDS (2018)