Mutlu Çatalkaya was born in Mustafakemalpaşa district of Bursa in 1967. She started taking marbling classes from Ömer Önder Cankurtaran in 2005, and received her license in 2015. Çatalkaya participated in various exhibitions with her works. Nursena Kumbasar, Beyza Kemikli, Tuğba Altıok, Esra Hoşseven and Gonca Vatansever are some of the students received marbling training from Çatalkaya.