Solomon Yu studied Clothing with Textiles at Nottingham Trent University in England. He then went on to study Fine Art, graduating with a BA Fine Arts from RMIT in Melbourne, Australia and a MA Fine Arts from the prestigious Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Yu has participated in exhibitions in his native Hong Kong as well as in Australia and Austria. In 2005 he was awarded the Best Artwork Award from the Hong Kong Arts School and in 2010 he was awarded a scholarship from the International Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria.
