Born in 1943 in Shanghai, Ming Fay moved with his parents to Hong Kong. He went--alone--to the U.S. at eighteen, and studied industrial arts at the University of California. He then went to Kansas and earned an M.A. in sculpture, staying on to teach.
費明杰，一九四三年生於上海，九歲隨雙親到香港，十八歲隻身赴美，在唸工藝設計，接著在堪薩斯城進修二年雕塑課程；得到碩士學位之後，又在大學教書……。