Gülay Tugul was born in Istanbul in 1975. Tugul, who graduated from the Faculty of Economics, studied classical miniature for five years at Caferağa Madrassah and took miniature classes from Raif Aydın at Yıldız Şale Kiosk for two years. Tugul has participated in many exhibitions. Aslı Tankurt, Sema Bora, Zeynep Has Bayram and Yeşim Oruç are among the students she trained.