Mihriban Kaya was born in Bursa in 1978. She started taking illumination classes from Emel Türkmen in 2004, and graduated from Classical Turkish Arts Foundation by taking classes from Fatma Özçay between 2008-2012. She won the first prize in Al-Burda Illumination Competition organized in United Arab Emirates in 2013, and participated in various exhibitions both at home and abroad.