Eddie LUI Fung Ngar (aka LV Fengya in Putonghua) was born in Hong Kong in 1947 at a time when the-then British Crown Colony was recovering from the deprivations of war and facing a huge influx of refugees from Mainland China. He completed a studio programme at the same institute in  contemporary ink art conducted by Lui Shou-kwan, Wucius Wong and Laurence Tam.