Zeynep Orhan Avdan was born in Yalova in 1977. She graduated from Süleyman Demirel University Fine Arts Faculty Traditional Turkish Handicrafts Department in 2002. Avdan’s works were exhibited in many personal and group exhibitions. She has been giving marbling, katı’, illumination, etching, wood burning and three-dimentional shaping classes at the vocational training courses within Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality since 2005.