She was born in Çanakkale, Turkey (4th January 1988), After graduating
from Fine Arts High School in Çanakkale which is her hometown. She
completed her licence degree at Hacettepe University Faculty of Fine
Arts Graphic Design Department in Ankara which is capital city of Turkey.
Afterwards she completed her master degree at Haliç University Faculty
of Fine Arts Graphic Design in Istanbul which is the biggest city in Turkey.
She is working on her Phd at Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Fine Arts
Graphic Department. She is a graphic designer and a lecturer at Onsekiz
Mart University Faculty of Fine Arts Graphic Department since 2010. Her
works based on are collage works, corporate identity, advertising, history
of graphic design and typography. She is an organizer and team leader of
Turkey in project TINESTE 2016 that is a student typography exhibition
of different countries which are Turkey, Indonesia, Nicaragua and Ecuador.
As a second project of this cooperative TYPE UNITE 2017 is completed. It
was lead by 7 academicians together, Özlem was one of them. Participation
student designers from Turkey, Indonesia, Ecuador, Poland, China, South
Korea, and the United States. And also she participates in many different
national and international exhibitions.