F. Özlem Cimilli Arcasoy was born in Istanbul in 1964. She is a graduate of Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Architecture. She took katı’ classes from Emel Nurhan Ogan in 2011, after she started training in the field of illumination in 2009. Arcasoy, who participated in İSMEK's year-end and special exhibitions, won the encouragement prize in “7 Hills 7 Arts International Classical Arts Competition” held in 2017.