Gülay Alsoy was born in Izmir in 1956. She graduated from Hacettepe University, Social and Administrative Faculty Department of English Linguistics. She has been teaching English since 1978 and started painting in 2007 in Seba Ugurtan’s gallery.
From that time on Gülay Alsoy has participated in many of the exhibitions organized by the Water Group. She is still continuing her works in Seba Ugurtan’s Art Studio.