Faruk Taşkale was born in Nevşehir. He is a graduate of Istanbul University Faculty of Letters English Department. He completed his graduate studies at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSFAU) Traditional Turkish Arts Department in 1991 and received Professor title at the same department. Taşkale still works as a lecturer at MSFAU Traditional Turkish Arts Illumination Department. He received training at Topkapı Palace Illumination Workshop between 1980-1984 and took illumination classes from Rikkat Kunt.