Youla Hadjigeorgiou studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA). She graduated in 1999. She holds a Master's degree in Painting and has also attended the Printmaking and Stage Design workshops at the same school. She studied at the National Theatre of Athens from 1984 to 1987. 

She has participated in numerous educational research  programs(residencies/Erasmus) as well as artistic seminars and programs. She is a founding member of the non-profit cultural organization M.A.M.A. Contemporary, based in Paphos, Cyprus, from 2021 to the present.

She has been teaching as a Special Scientist at the Department of Fine Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology since 2020.

She has held a large number of solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries, and organizations. Her work has been showcased both in Cyprus and internationally, including:

53rd Venice Biennale, 25th São Paulo Biennale, Brazil, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale, 25th Alexandria Biennale, Egypt, 12th Cairo Biennale, Egypt, Western Balkans Biennale, Ioannina, Greece, 16th Biennale Internacional del Deporte en el Arte, Seville, Spain, Ostgotateatern Theatre, Norrkoping, Östergotland, Sweden, 2nd Tashkent Biennale, Uzbekistan, Ocean Flower Island Museum, Hainan, China, National Gallery, Athens, Greece, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, Bozar Expo, Brussels, Belgium, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C., USA, Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall, Greece, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, Norrkoping City Museum, Sweden, Museum of Modern Greek Culture, Athens, Greece,  CINE XIII THEATER, Paris, France, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, Onassis Stegi, Athens, Greece, Cicaf International Festival, Hangzhou, China, 6th International Sculpture Exhibition, Lido, Venice, Antrepo Exhibition Venue, Istanbul, Turkey, Gallery FLAT I, Vienna, Austria, Opening Gallery, New York, USA, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay, New York, USA, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece, ZADEN Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany, Nikki Diana Marquardt Gallery, Paris, France, Diatopos Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.