Sinem Banna received a BFA in Ceramics and Glass in 1989. After graduating she first went to Villa Arson Academy in Nice and then to Paris to continue studying art. Her journey took her to the States and she has received an MFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1994. She has presented her work widely in the United States and in Europe, including but not limited to San Francisco, New York, New Mexico, Los Angeles and Istanbul. She also presented her work in Copenhagen and Elsinore, Denmark where she was honored a first prize award in the “Brain and Self” exhibit in 1996.