Nursel Ersongur was born in 1985 in Muş. She started taking illumination classes from Dilek Yerlikaya in 2001, and continued with Münevver Üçer. She still continues her illumination studies with Nilüfer Kurfeyz and Selim Sağlam. She has been working as a master instructor at a Public Education Center. Ersongur held her first personal exhibition in 2005, and participated in many group exhibitions. Hatice Büşra Güden, İlayda İşi and Sümeyye Cevahiroğlu are students she trained.