Arzu Poyraz was born in Diyarbakır in 1972. She is a graduate of Anadolu University Sociology Department. Poyraz took illumination classes from Hacer Sönez at İSMEK Bakırköy branch in 2010 and from Esra Elitaş at the Illumination Courses of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism between 2010 – 2011, basic art classes from Savaş Çevik at the Academy of Traditional Arts between 2013 – 2014, and scientific plant illustration classes from Hülya Korkmaz between 2014 – 2017. She participated in Sharja Calligraphy Bienal in 2016. Poyraz has been taking illumination classes from Emel Türkmen at Hüseyin-Emel Türkmen Art House since 2015.