Emell Gök Che, daughter of a master tailor and an upholsterer, was influenced by her parents' professions and began tailoring clothes as a child. At the age of 17 she presented her first public fashion show in KL5 in Paderborn. At the same time, the first furniture designs were created.

After graduating from the Reismann-Gymnasium Paderborn, Emell Gök Che studied art, design and education at the University of Paderborn. with Dorothea Reese-Heim and passed a state examination. During her studies she worked i.a. as a fitness trainer, choreographer, moderator and photographer.

Gök Che also volunteers as an educational ambassador for integration and education, is the founder and creative head of the art & design studio Artemell and the video platform Art n Talk. She is also a juror at the international art platform "it's liquid". She has worked on German television as an expert and moderator for interior design programs.