Elizabeth Gill Lui, daughter to U.S. Air Force Colonel Richard M.Gill and Shirley Squire, spent her early childhood migrating with her father's military assignments in the Air Force Weather Service from Alaska to Wiesbaden, (Germany); Washington, D.C. to Alabama, and by middle school, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

[2] As a fine arts minor at Colorado College, Gill Lui was creating highly detailed and graphic lithography and engraving, but by her late 20s, she began exploring photography in printmaking.

[5] Gill Lui's conceptual work in abstract photographic collage investigates the bridge between human consciousness, spirituality and scientific theory in physics and fractal geometry.

[2] Within the architectural and design community Gill Lui has also collaborated with a variety of clients, creating site specific installations of photographic glass projects; including in 2008, a LED lit glass-etched mural in conjunction with Daniel Libeskind studios at the Denver Art Museum complex.

The resulting book Open Hearts Open Doors: Reflections of China's Past and Future (2008) published by Four Stops Press and distributed by Cornell University Press includes bi-lingual text by academics, architects, and historians, including Vincent Lo, Ho Puay Peng, Peter Wong and an epilogue by architect I.M.