She lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and she is the founder and director of the international and interdisciplinary digital art practice Attaya Projects.
Mostly active as a digital media artist, Lalya also has a background in engineering, physics and interaction design, and extensive experience in interdisciplinary collaborations, academic and practical teaching, as well as project management.
[10][11] Sonic City (2002–2004) was a locative media art project that explored mobile interaction and wearable technology for generating music in everyday life.
[12][13][14][15][16] Among other places, Sonic City was presented at e.g. NIME and Cybersonica, and was demoed EU's IST 2004 event in The Hague as an example of innovative European research.
Alongside her art practice, Lalya is currently a member of all-female North East England DJ collective Montoya.