Nurdanur Ünal

She was born in Istanbul. After completing her primary and secondary education, she started her illumination education in 1996 and received her illumination ijazah (authorisation) from her teacher Necati Sancaktutan in 2001. She completed her undergraduate education at Anadolu University Faculty of Literature. In 2016, she started her master's degree at Mimar Sinan University, Traditional Arts Illumination Department and completed her thesis on "Examination of the Holy Qur'an found in TİEM dated 1517 in terms of Illumination" in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Münevver Üçer.

The works of the artist, who participated in various group exhibitions in Türkiye and abroad, are included in published books and collections. Between 2010-2019, she gave lectures at ISMEK Bağlarbaşı Turkish Islamic Arts Specialisation Centre. Since 2019, she continues to give illumination classes at the Classical Turkish Arts Foundation.