Arda Çakmak was born in Istanbul in 1977. He is a graduate of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Traditional Turkish Arts Department. Çakmak took khatt classes from Prof. Ali Alparslan and Prof. Uğur Derman; illumination classes from Doç. Tahsin Aykutalp. He participated in many exhibitions both at home and abroad; won national and international awards in khatt and illumination branches. Çakmak still gives illumination classes at the Classical Turkish Arts Foundation, miniature and private khatt classes at Tûze Art Gallery.