Sahej Rahal graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Crafts Rachana Sansad, in April 2011. He was invited by the FUTUR foundation in Switzerland as artist in residence for three months to live and work in the city of Rapperswil-Jona. The residence program culminated in a solo exhibition titled HardBoiled Wonderland at the Kunst (Zeug) Haus Museum (July 2011). In 2011, he participated in LIVE ART 2011 hosted by BAR1 in Bangalore and a group show, We Are Here, at False Ceiling Gallery.

In February 2012 he was awarded the INLAKS fine art award for young and emerging artists. In August 2012, he was part of a group show- fiVe, marking the five-year anniversary of Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai.

Sahej lives and works in Mumbai.