Özlem Yıldırımtürk was born in Istanbul in 1968. She graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Cinema and TV Department in 1989. Yıldırımtürk started her miniature studies at IBB Classical Arts Bağlarbaşı Specialization Center in 2012, took classes from Ayşe Tak and Dilek Yerlikaya. She participated in many exhibitions. Yıldırımtürk still takes miniature classes from Taner Alakuş. She has been doing her graduate studies in miniature branch at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University Fine Arts Faculty with Betül Bilgin as her advisor since 2015.