Siu Ho Lee was born in Guangzhou, China in 1957. He later attended the Guangzhou Art College from 1975-1979 and the Hong Kong Art College from 1980-1982. Siu Ho Lee is one of the few talented young artists to arrive on America's shores as a result of China's open door policy to the West. Lee's training is formal and his subjects classical, but in all his work, there is an overriding atmosphere of the contemporary, one that makes its presence known in nuance and mood rather than bold strokes.

The artist looks to the west for inspiration and bases his painting on the styles established by the Dutch Masters for his florals and in Traditional Realism for his interiors and landscapes. Blending influences further, Siu Ho Lee takes these similar styles and applies them to subjects of French Rococo interiors or English drawings rooms, thus achieving a current perspective on classical choices of subject.

Since coming to the United States in 1988, Siu Ho Lee made clear advances in his painting and has begun an extremely strong following in private collections throughout the country.