Onka Allmayer-Beck was born in Vienna in 1979, where she still lives. In 2004 she graduated from the renowned Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design at the University of the Arts London with a BA Fashion Design Womenswear. After graduating, she worked as a fashion designer specialising in footwear design for various designers in Milan from 2004 to 2015, including Carol Christian Poell, Strenesse and Giorgio Armani. Since 2015 she has been working as an artist in Vienna, specialising in design, illustration and ceramics.