He then became a professional teacher at Suleimaniyah Institute of Fine Arts. Following the civil war in 1994, Shwan decided to leave Kurdistan and migrated to Germany through Turkey and Greece until he was finally settled in the city of Duisburg and continued with his art works in Dusseldorf. Due to family commitment, Shwan left Germany in 2015 and settled in the city of Malmo in Sweden where he continued his arts ambition.