Serap Bostancı

She completed her primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul. She did her master's degree in Illumination at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University. In 1986, she attended the Topkapı Palace Traditional Turkish Decorative Arts Course and received a certificate on illumination in 1988 and on "Ruqah Script" from Calligrapher Mehmet Memiş in 1999. She received her ijazah (authorisation) for "Illumination" from Semih İrteş, "Thuluth Script" from Hüseyin Kutlu in 1996 and "Flower and Miniature" from Melek Antel in 1998.

In 2012, she served as a jury member in Çorum Municipality's "I Embroider My Logo" (“Logomu İşliyorum”) competition. In 2015, she served as a jury member in the field of Quilling (Katı') in the Masters of the Future competition and in the field of Illumination in the same competition in 2016 and 2017.

She gave illumination training in many institutions such as Birlik Foundation, IKAV Foundation, Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Library, Destegül Fine Arts School, Azref Tile Workshop, Gebze Municipality Culture and Art Centre, Osmangazi Municipality Akpınar Cultural Centre, Cafer Paşa Cultural Centre, Yıldız Palace Traditional Turkish Decorative Arts Course, Topkapı Palace Museum, Ministry of Culture Traditional Turkish Decorative Arts Course, İsmek Bağlarbaşı TİS Specialised School, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Classical Arts Centre, Sertarikzâde Cultural Centre, Eyüp Municipality and Maltepe Musical Education Foundation.