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Born on the 23rd of March 1951 in Saigon, Vietnam, Robert Lui was educated at La Salle d'Adran with a major in Fine Art. In 1968, he was accepted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Delat where he further developed his painting technique.








In 1970 his first exhibition, with a group of fellow students, toured the major cities of Vietnam including Saigon, Hue Nhatran and finished at the exhibition hall of the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1971, Lui had his first one man show at the Bank of Bangkok. In March of 1972, he held another at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.



In 1975, he joined the Country Art Club, where he first began his landscape drawings. His medium was Chinese ink and watercolor on rice paper and his pieces were exhibited annually at the Civic Center.Later on, Robert decided to pass on that which he had learned and settled down to live in Hong Kong and teach art at Tak Ming Middle School for three years. In addition, he taught commercial design at the Winsord Artist Guild until 1981.



In 1982, the artist and his family moved to the United States and settled in New York. Since emigrating, Robert Lui has exhibited his work at the Washington Square Outdoor Spring and Fall Exhibits, the Village Green Art Festival, and the Sayville Summer Art Festival.

Robert Lui's work has also been represented in galleries throughout the United States, including Gallery Revel in New York and Images Fine Art in Yountville, California.