Yu Lai Yin born in Hong Kong, success in the arts was contributed by her father’s encouragement and influence. Her father Yu-pui was a indeed already as well as a very good seal engraver. Also under the guidance of Chinese painting Master Yang Shen-sum. Studied fine art at Ecole National Superiere des Beaux-Arts, Paris. After back to Hong Kong as the Lithography instructor at Chinese University of Hong Kong Extramural Art
The Silver Prizes for the painting “Lotus”, Societe des Artistes Francaise Salon 1979, Paris, France. From 1979, Yu Lai Yin’s one woman show at Paris-France, Tokyo-Japan, Hong Kong, Beijing-China, Malaysia, Taipei and United States Museum Collections:by “ Musee National D’Argentelles, France.” And “ The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, United States.”
Painting included in “The Dictionary of the Achievements of World Chinese Artists” and “The mirror of the Famed Contemporary Chinese Painters’Works”

余麗燕生於香港，自幼受其畫家兼篆刻家父親余佩的影响及培養。76年從嶺南派大師楊善琛遊。77年赴巴黎國立高級美術學院深造。79年以國畫荷花獲〝法國藝術家1979沙龍〞銀獎，同年入選〝法國1979秋季沙龍〞及〝1979法國國家美術協會沙龍〞，展出於巴黎大皇宮。83年任教於香港中文大學校外部石版畫講師。84年移居日本，在日本設立〝易風堂〞，畫風揉合傳統與現代的觀念，並帶有濃厚的情感。
余麗燕在79年以來在，在巴黎、日本東京俄羅斯大使館、香港、美國紐約及約翰嘉路大学、吉隆坡、北京歷史博物館、夏威夷、臺灣等地個人畫展。