Ayşen Erte was born in Istanbul. She had taken piano lessons during her primary and secondary education. She graduated from the High Decorative Arts Graphic Department in İstanbul Academy of Fine Arts in 1976. She worked as a freelance graphic designer in various advertising agencies until 1988 and also designed and illustrated books for children. She founded Aysen Erte “gravüResim” atelier in 2001.

She has had over 26 solo exhibitions in Turkey, 42 abroad exhibitions and participated many group exhibitions. She was selected for the 1999 Biennal of Illustrations Bratislava and for 2000 Bratislava World IIIustrations exhibitions in Tokyo. She won 8 honorable mention awards and one excellent prize ( excellent prize in Ju Qi Cup the 1. International Prints and Exl. Expo in Shangai).

She was selected by Artur Mota Miranda to the list of Contemporary International 24 Women Artists in the World and her works have been published in the book of “Women Artists in the World of Exlibris “ from ( Volume 17) series. 19 artists who have been parcicipating her studio, which is named “Ayşen Erte gravüResim studio” and all their exlibrises have been represented and published by Artur Mota Miranda’s book ‘International Contemporary Artists in the World of Exlibris’.

Aysen also participated with her atelier group artists 34.FISAE Congress Naantali-Finland, 35.FISAE Congress Tarragone-Spain, 36.FISAE Congress Vologda-Russia in 2016.