Mehmet Eray Atay was born in Gaziantep in 1978. He is a graduate of Istanbul University Faculty of Science Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences. Atay started studying marbling at Istanbul University Students’ Cultural Center, and participated in various group exhibitions. He gave marbling classes at the Assocation of Boğaziçi University Graduates (BUMED) between 2006-2009, and at Bahçeşehir University BAU ART between 2012-2015, and has been giving marbling classes at Koç University since 2003.