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Yesilnil, grown up in Izmir Karsiyaka district, completed all her education in Izmir. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Arts, Painting Department’s Textile Design on 1982. She was the first student in Fashion Design expertise program in Turkey’s first academic class in the area. She was first and only university graduate fashion designer of her time, after a one-to-one education with her teacher Ayten Sürür. Vakko hired her as fashion designer for their Istanbul factory. Yesilnil’s creations were exhibited on international fairs when she was working in different textile exporters. She designed textile products for home and cruise decoration. Her batik work on silk and various textile types, cloth, scarf and pillow designs were exhibited on many art galleries. She prepared posters for Izmir Opera. She had her singing education from Erdogan Okyay at Faculty of Art, Music department’s choir, then took lessons from jazz singer Nükhet Ruacan in Istanbul. She conducted 18 personal exhibitions for the works of jazz, mythological and other paintings, from 1985 to present. Besides painting, she started to sing jazz as an additional profession after 1987. She worked with many well-known jazz artists. As the only artist who both sings jazz and paints jazz, Aysegül Yesilnil, involved in many concerts and festivals as well as performing at jazz clubs. Rüzgara Sarkilar Söyle (Sing Songs To Wind), all lyrics by Aysegul, was the first album released on 1995. Neset Ruacan, Bülent Ortaçgil, Nezih Yesilnil, Önder Focan, Erkan Ogur contributed to the album.