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Victoria Unikel — Creator of the EXORCISTA Universe

One collector of souls. Four shows. Zero mercy.

Victoria Unikel is the creator, showrunner and narrator of the EXORCISTA Universe. She is an American artist and media mogul.

She is President and co-founder of VUGA Group, a portfolio of 17 companies across 4 continents. Its media network includes 4 television networks available on 600M+ devices worldwide on iOS, Android, Android TV and many other platforms, as well as 100+ digital newspapers and magazines. The group also operates across PR, technology, cybersecurity, film, music, publishing, electric aviation and philanthropy.

As an actress, Unikel has appeared in numerous films and television productions. As a musician, she has performed live shows for audiences of thousands. She has produced projects across film, music, animation and media. As UNIKEL, she has exhibited her paintings and mixed-media works since 2008.

Her work has appeared in Forbes, Daily Mail, New York Post, L’Officiel, The Independent, The Sun and more.

She is not planning to pick one thing.

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Business

Called a “media mogul” by Forbes and Daily Mail, Victoria Unikel built VUGA Group — a portfolio of 17 companies across 4 continents, reaching 600M+ devices worldwide through television networks, digital media and technology platforms:

Media, Television & PR: VUGA Media Group, VUGA PR Services, VUGA TV, FashionBrava, Virtuoso TV, Gossip Stone TV, 24Fashion TV, VUGA Enterprises, VUGA Publishing

Technology, AI & Engineering: AgentPrizm, ViralPrizm, LogisticsPrizm, Edison Aerospace, Shoreline Protection, Black Swan

Film & Music: Apollo Film Production, Unikel Records

Philanthropy: VUGA Foundation

TV networks distributed across 600M+ devices worldwide via Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, iOS & Android.

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Explore the newspaper network — 140 publications →

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Charity

Victoria Unikel is President of VUGA Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit supporting emerging contemporary artists through exhibitions, film production, cultural programs, festivals, art therapy, and the upcoming public art museum.

She has worked with organizations including the AIDS Foundation (Berlin) and Make-A-Wish Foundation (USA), and is an advocate for the LGBT community.

In 2019, her work took the top art prize at the MOSAIC Federation gala at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York.

Victoria Unikel holding the top art prize at the MOSAIC Federation gala
Victoria Unikel seated in a gallery, L’OfficielVictoria Unikel with a work from the WAR collection

Art

As UNIKEL, she is a painter and mixed-media artist, exhibiting in galleries since 2008. She works across painting, mixed media, photography and sculpture.

Her collections — MONEY, WAR, GENDER, NEW YORK and the mixed-media DIAMONDS — are channeled, activist works addressing today’s social issues. Each release carries a message, and each one draws press.

She is the founder of Trancerealism, a movement in which the work is made through a channelling connection with the Universe rather than observation.

See the collections → unikel.wtf

Victoria Unikel at a New York gallery, L’Officiel

EXORCISTA Universe

EXORCISTA: Dark Fairytales — Victoria Unikel in the candlelit library

EXORCISTA is a dark storytelling universe created by Victoria Unikel. Four shows in one world: Dark Fairytales, the weekly series of original fairy tales read in full and told as horror; Games of Souls, the dark anime in which sinners play for their souls; Secrets, Spells & Shadows, the gothic true-crime podcast; and Magic Lab, real rituals documented on camera.

Victoria is the creator, showrunner, narrator and face of the universe. Her voice carries Dark Fairytales from a candlelit library to the stories’ original endings.

The Dark Fairytales podcast is out now. Start with The Red Shoes. New video every Friday at 4:00 PM ET; podcast at 9:00 PM ET.

Dark Fairytales — official site ↗
Listen to the podcast ↗
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She begged him to cut off her feet. He did. 🩸 #darkfairytales
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She begged him to cut off her feet. He did. 🩸 #darkfairytales
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The Red Shoes — The Original Tale Before Disney
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She Turned Off The Camera With Nobody Watching. | Animated Horror Story
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Her Son Stopped Talking A Year Ago. Nobody Noticed But The Demon. | Animated Horror Story
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She Sold Her Kids To The Internet. The Demon Came To Collect. | Animated Horror Story
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Checkmate Means Death. EXORCISTA: Games of Souls. part 3 #goth #animeshorts
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Every Chess Piece Is a Life He Ruined. His Mother Was One. | EXORCISTA EP2 Part 2 #darkanimation
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He Stole $200M. Now He Plays Chess for His Soul. | EXORCISTA: Games of Souls #darkanime
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Game Over. But Who Won? | EXORCISTA: Games of Souls — The Influencer Part 3 #exorcista #goth
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When a Demon Gets Defeated. EXORCISTA: Games of Souls. The Influencer, P2 #exorcista #animatedseries
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She Scammed Millions. Now She Plays for Her Soul. | EXORCISTA: Games of Souls. The Influencer #goth
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Exorcista superhero vs Fake Influencer #exorcista #animatedseries #animeshorts
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scammer gets scammed #exorcista #animeshorts #metal
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Fiery Game Soundtrack Drops April 15! 🔥 Exorcista Games of Souls #shorts
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They're Playing Games for Their Lives #scary #supernatural #shorts
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The Scariest House Story Ever Told!
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Winchester Mystery House: Sarah Winchester Built 161 Rooms for Ghosts (True Story)
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Easy Way To Shield Yourself From Witchcraft Attacks!
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Why Did Painkillers Turn Deadly in This Town?
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Can This Simple Spell Make Your Crush Like You?
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A page from the Emma + Luke manga edition

Books

Emma + Luke = Disappear to Nowhere is Victoria’s debut novel — a full-length sci-fi adventure for readers ages 9 and up, and Book One of a series.

Two ordinary students from the oldest city in America find an ancient portal hidden in a basement — and walk straight into a galaxy that has been running social experiments on Earth for centuries.

The book is distributed in over 50 countries in paperback, hardcover and ebook, and has been featured in ELLE, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Star and The Sun.

A full-color manga edition is in production, and the series continues — Book Two is on the way.

As a writer, Victoria has also authored screenplays and is developing the thirteen-book EXORCISTA publishing slate, spanning the Grimoire Series and Dark Arts. Explore the EXORCISTA books ↗

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Music

Victoria Unikel performing live with electric cello

A professional cellist and mezzo-soprano, Victoria trained at the Gnessin School of Music and GITIS in Moscow, and has performed live shows for audiences of thousands.

She created and produced the gothic rock band “Exorcist,” and performed in the industrial project “Unikel” and the darkwave project “Balance.” Her music has been featured in international films.

Today she composes and produces the soundtracks for the EXORCISTA Universe — hardcore, hard techno, industrial and phonk, one album per story.

Her music is published by The Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Independently of that catalog, her albums have sold more than 200,000 copies. Her releases live at Unikel Records, the independent label for dark cinematic music.

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I build worlds that shouldn’t exist.
Then I make them profitable.