Was born in Kayseri/Turkey in 1960 and became Austrian state resident in 1996. After beginning coursework in sociology at Boğaziçi University, he settled in Vienna, where he studied philosophy and art history at Vienna University. He later graduated from the Department of Painting and Graphics at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. After living in Vienna for over 20 years, the artist moved back to Istanbul. Seyhan has been living and working both in Istanbul and Vienna since 2004.