Sofya Demskaya (1978) is a Belgian artist, living in Ostend. Since her childhood she was passionate about painting and drawing. When she was young, she attended several years of lessons at art school for children in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). There she studied the basics of academic drawing and painting, the construction of composition, and she also studied art history.

In 2000, she moved to live in Belgium.

In 2013, she graduated from the Belgian Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK, Ghent), where she earned an MFA  (Master of Fine Arts) degree in photography.

After graduating, Sofya became a professional photographer and she also resumed painting and began to pay a lot of attention to watercolor. She followed lessons at Flemish Watercolor and Drawing School under the direction of the Belgian master watercolorist and teacher Fernand Thienpondt.

Sofya is a member of Belgian Aquarel Institut (AIB) and of Mondial Art Academy (France) and she is also a board member of the International Watercolor Society of Belgium.

Now she develops her skills in painting, drawing and photography. She also takes part in national and international exhibitions and art festivals.

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