Ahmet Mahmut Peşteli was born in Bursa in 1971. He started working on marbling art by taking classes from Yılmaz Eneş in 2000, and received his license in 2009. Peşteli received achievement award in the 13th State Turkish Decorative Arts Competition organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2005. The artist still gives marbling classes at the Classical Turkish Arts Foundation and serves as the imam and preacher of Little Hagia Sophia Mosque.