Yu Jigao was born in 1932 in Tongshan District, Jiangsu province. In 1951, he was admitted to the Nanjing University Art Department. In 1955, he graduated from the Nanjing Normal University Art Department. In 1957, he participated in the preparation and was transferred to the Jiangsu Academy of Traditional Chinese painting, specializing in the creation and research of fine-brush flower-and-bird paintings. Department of National first-class artists. He is currently the vice-president of the Jiangsu Academy of Traditional Chinese painting, the vice-chairman of the Jiangsu Artists Association, the vice-chairman of the Chinese Painting Academy, the vice-chairman of the Chinese fine-brush painting society, and a member of the Xu Beihong Scholarship committee.