Katya Demidova

Born in 1983, Moscow, Russia.

Currently lives and works in Mexico.

Growing up in an artistic family encouraged Katya to engage with arts and crafts from a young age. In 2005 she moved to London after completing her degree in linguistics at Moscow University of Foreign Languages. She took a postgraduate degree in Fine Art from Byam Shaw School of Art /University of the Arts London/ where she explored various forms of art such as performance and installation that allowed her to expand her creative skills. However, photography remained her main field of interest. Being attracted by documentary photography and storytelling, she continued her journey at the University of Westminster undertaking a Master´s degree in photojournalism.

Through the years Katya has developed strong manual skills and an eye for details and design that lead her to Mexico, that has been her home base since 2015. In her newly adopted country she has started to explore its rich traditions and ancestral techniques.

Two years later on the Caribbean coast of Tulum SOMNILOQUY was born. As a leap of faith her life long hobby has become a jewelry brand. Through creating designs with beads she continues to fulfill her fascination with color and geometrical forms, that she has been translating through photography earlier. The visual curiosity of the creative process never seems to fade as with every new piece she embarks on a “mind to hands” journey - from the idea to an actual wearable object.

With SOMNILOQUY designs the artist aspires to adorn and empower people who wear them.