原藉广东梅州，1965年华业于台湾复兴岗学院艺术系，即投身于艺文界工作，1978年来美后又入旧金山市立学院进修，曾三度出任北加州华人传播媒体协会会长，现为美西中国和平统一促进会名誉会长、旧金山中华艺术学会名誉理事长、中国画学会（美国）名誉会长、美国书画艺术研究院顾问及中国水墨艺术研究院首席研究员、国际佛教联合会文化艺术委员会主任委员。
    作品清新深厚，手法多样，工写兼长，在写实造型与写意创作中，以传统绘画手法不断追求新素材、新技巧、新概念，借着彩笔将东方特有的人文思想，揉合中西的意境，使画面具有西画的眞实感，又保留了国画原有的韵味，塑造浑然和谐的整体性，兼具文学与艺术的气息，灵思独辟，浑厚华滋，营造画面淋漓尽致的可读性，呈现他独特的绘画语言。
    近年来先后于美国中国画廊、美国加州福斯特市市政府小区展览馆、广东美术馆和深圳雅昌艺术馆举行个展，作品经台湾历史博物馆、公私企业个及个人收臧，出版有山村风云、翠彩华滋作品集和醇英墨华作品集。

　　Arthur Ku was born in Meixian County, known as Meizhou nowadays, Guangdong Province in 1941 and moved to Taiwan with his father in 1945. He displayed a multitude of talents from an early age and received many awards and recommendations. Upon his graduation from the Art Department of the Fu-Hsin Gang University in Taiwan, Arthur Ku started to work in the fields of art and culture. In 1978, he moved to the U.S. with his family and attended the San Francisco City College for further study. He has mastered the skills of Chinese and Western painting. When he was a student, he took part in an art contest held by the International Council of Women on behalf of his school and was awarded one of the top prizes. His watercolor paintings were selected for the International Students’ Fine Arts Exhibition in Japan and the Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition held by the Taiwan Provincial Museum. He participated in the 10th and 11th Chinese literary awards competitions and came out on top at both events. Ku also took part in the creation of many major paintings.

　　From the 1970s, works by Arthur Ku were displayed at many prominent arts exhibitions at home and abroad. He has developed a unique painting style of flexibility, depth and diversity with fine brushwork of painting and calligraphy. His works are widely appreciated and some of his oil paintings are in the collection at the Museum of History in Taiwan. He served as a long-term illustrator for many major newspapers and magazines. Aside from taking part in exhibitions at home and around the world, he has held private exhibitions many times and his works have been praised by people in and out of the art community. Many of his paintings are in the collections of public and private organizations as well as individuals. He has also published a book of his paintings entitled “The Story of a Village”.

　　Several years ago, he retired after working in a media organization for 25 years. Outside of work, he not only devotes himself to artistic creation, he is also keen to promote cultural and artistic exchanges between China and the U.S. To enhance art and friendship for the love of the country, he successfully held several joint painting exhibitions for famous artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. He has also organized several other major art exhibitions. He made great contributions to the prosperity and development of artistic creation in the San Francisco Bay area. Due to his generosity, networking and enthusiasm for public welfare, he served as chairman of the Northern California Chinese Media Association for three terms. He also helped establish the overseas Hsing-chung Hui (Society for the Revival of China) and was the President of the Alumni Association of the Huangpu Military Academy in the U.S. and Chairman of the Chinese Arts Association of San Francisco. He is now the Chairman of the West U.S. Association of China Peaceful Reunification and Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Arts Association of San Francisco. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association and China Cartoonist Society.