Cevdet Kocaman was born in 1951 in Edirne. Kocaman graduated from İstanbul University Law Faculty in 1972 and practiced law in Edirne. In 1975 he entered Advanced Art Department at the İstanbul Academy of Fine Arts and continued his studies at Copenhagen Academy of Fine Arts Graphic and Design Department between 1986 and 1990. Kocaman worked as an advisor in Turkish Ministry of Culture and as a cultural attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen.