Handan Uçan was born in 1984 in Amsterdam. She graduated from the Restoration Department of Trakya University. She received her illumination certificate from the Topkapı Palace Workshop in 1997. Her master is Semih İrteş. From 2004 to 2015, Uçan worked as a master instructor at İSMEK. She is currently training students at her art house and she does restoration works and kalemişi (an ornamentation art done especially on walls and domes) works on old and new architectural works.