Setenay Özbek was born in Istanbul in 1961. She graduated from the Department of Performing Arts in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University in 1990. Between 1984 and 1986, she studied with several instructors such as Sabri Berkel, Hülya Düzenli, Erkan Özdilek, and Ergül Özkutan in the Istasyon Fine Art Academy. She has had numerous solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions in Turkey, England, France, Belgium and Bulgaria. In 2006, she participated in the 238th Summer Exhibition of Royal Academy of Arts in London. There, her paintings “Funfair” and “Harvest” were shortlisted among over 9,000 works.