Ebrar Şayan was born in 1969 in İstanbul. She graduated from İstanbul University Arabic Language and Literature Department. She started to take illumination (tezhip) lessons from Mamure Öz. She took education from Semih İrteş and Mamure Öz in the Traditional Turkish Decoration Arts course which is opened in 2008 by Culture And Tourism Ministery. Later, she continued her education in Nakkaş Tezyini Arts Center from 2010 to 2016. She attended various group exhibitions in Nakkaş Tezyini Arts Center. Şayan continues her works in her own workshop since 2017.