Handan Nisrin Şahin was born in Çorum in 1963. Şahin, still a student at Marmara University, began her katı’ training with Emel Ogan in 2009. She participated in exhibitions organized as ‘Emel Ogan Workshop Group’, she also held two personal exhibitions. Among the students Şahin trained are Ayşe Güven, Nurhan Aycibin, Ebru Yörükoğlu and Ebru Gündüz.