Born in İstanbul in 01 October 1974, Özgür Yener has graduated from Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education of Fine Arts. Because he was interested in psychology, he studied 'psychotherapy through art' (Aura Psychotherapy Center, Assoc. Dr. Nevin Eracar). He succeeded in the exam organized by the Complutense Universit y of Madrid opened in 2003 and, thereupon, continued studying art in Madrid in studios of and lectures by professors like Félix Guisásola, Ramón Caravaca, Pilar Montero, Patricia Mayayo, Miguel Á. Ramos, Catalina Buezo, Josu Larrañaga, Juan Luis Martín Prada and Daniel Lupion. He successfully completed his masters program named Contemporary Art Theory and Practice. During this period, he took part in two collective exhibitions in Spain and Iceland.