İlker Selimer was born in Istanbul in 1987. He started his studies on marbling art in 2006, and took classes from Çetin Çelebi and Yılmaz Eneş afterwards. He won awards in marbling branch in various competitions, and his works are in many collections both in Turkey and abroad. Selimer continues training students by giving classes at his workshop in Istanbul Beşiktaş and at various institutions.