Merve Arslan was born in 1988 in Eskişehir. She graduated from Mimar Sinan Faculty of Fine Arts Traditional Turkish Arts Old Tiles Restoration. Arlan took Hediyem İstanbul Traditional Turkish Arts award in between 2015 and 2018. She took the first prize in State Turkish Decorative Arts Tiles Pattern Branch and Sakıp Sabancı awards, second prize in Mimar Sinan Faculty of Fine Arts Traditional Turkish Arts Department.