Polona Demšar was born in 1979 in Ljubljana. In 2003, she graduated in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana in the class of professor Lujo Vodopivec and professor Lev Kreft. In 2007, she completed her Master’s studies at the same academy under the mentorship of professor Tanja Pak. She participated at several international symposia both in Slovenia and internationally (Croatia, Czech Republic, Serbia).