Nesime Kantar, born in 1968, is a graduate of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Sociology Department. She started her marbling studies with Ayla Masak in 2001, and continued with Yılmaz Eneş. She also took bookbinding classes. Kantar participated in many group exhibitions. She still takes miniature classes at the Classical Turkish Arts Center at Yıldız Palace Şale Kiosk, and continues her artistic works at Galatart Marbling Workshop, which she opened in 2009.