Born and raised in Bellevue, Washington Cindy Yu (b. 2004) grew up practicing drawing and painting at GW fine arts studio. She attended the School of The Art Institute of Chicago for one year before transferring to the University of Minnesota. She is currently an undergraduate student studying neuroscience and psychology at the University of Minnesota. Traveling between home and school, she works between Seattle and Minneapolis. She is most experienced in graphite drawing and oil paint but is currently working with film and sculpture.