Demakova was a private pupil of painter Marina Ainbindere from 1978–1982, completing a three-year programme of preparatory courses at the Art Academy of Latvia.

[6] Soon after taking the position, she emphasized the importance of preserving Latvian language, history and culture to the national identity of the country.

[6] Significant initiatives undertaken during Demakova's political career include additions to technology and infrastructure in Latvia to support culture and arts.

[11] Demakova fought especially hard to ensure that the library was built, even strongly criticizing the President of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers.

[12] She was also involved with the launching of the Heritage 2018 (Mantojums 2018) programme, which foresees the renovation of all state-owned buildings serving as cultural monuments (2006);[13] the beginning of a programme to construct concert halls in regional urban centres (2007), leading to the opening of brand new concert halls in the cities of Rēzekne (2013), Cēsis (2014) and Liepāja (2015);[14] and directing the competition for the construction of a monument to commemorate the victims of the occupying Soviet regime (2007).