Esen Gözoğul was born in Ankara in 1956. She graduated from Karadeniz Technical University Department of Chemical Engineering. She participated in the illumination course in İzmir Karşıyaka Public Education Center in 2009 and got a certificate here. She also participated in the illumination course opened by Izmir Fine Arts Museum and received the course completion certificate. She worked at Sezen Okur's workshop. Gözoğul still receives training from Semih İlteş, and continues her works.