Simanur Uzun was born in Istanbul in 1990. She started doing her master’s degree at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University (FSMFU) Institute of Fine Arts Illumination Department, after completing her undergraduate education at FSMFU Fine Arts Faculty Traditional Turkish Arts Department in 2017. She started taking illumination classes from Ayten Tiryaki in 2008, and received her license from Tiryaki in 2012. Uzun has participated in various exhibitions, and some of her works are in private collections. She still takes thuluth and ruq’ah classes from Davut Bektaş, ruq’ah classes from Ali Toy, miniature classes from Taner Alakuş and illumination classes from Mustafa Çelebi.