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WHO AM I?
Yes! This is the ultimate question worth asking. Who we are? What is our purpose? From where we came and where we will go? In this series, you will find very interesting and unique artworks, based on such questions.
As usual, while Existence is pouring art through me, I am enjoying and trying to figure out "who am I?"
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E-book - Who am I? - Inner Search Through Wood Art
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I have compiled all the "Who am I?" series artworks until May 2024 into an e-book. This e-book is available in English, Hindi, and Punjabi. The download links are given below. I hope you will like it.
My Life—Wandering through a patch of the vast, unknowable universe
Who am I? Series (148) Wood Mural, 48 x 34 inches, 2026 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India If I look back at my life from childhood until now, I can clearly see that all the episodes of my life have kept changing continuously, taking new forms again and again, and have been shaped by mysterious unknown forces contrary to my reasoning or plans. Whenever something good happens in my life, my ego immediately takes credit for it, and whenever something bad happens, it i
My Life—From Unknowable to Unknowable
Who am I? Series (147) Wood Mural, 37 x 36 inches, 2026 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Who am I? I do not know. Where did I come from and where will I go? I do not know. All the major events in my life—education, job, relationships, friendships, financial situations, hobbies, etc.—have happened without my effort. I feel as if I am a tiny piece of a vast colorful mosaic that is on a mysterious journey. I cannot see any source or destination either inside or outsi
Who am I? #105 (V2)
Achala (The Immovable) Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 27 x 31 inches, 2026 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Everything that is in me and around me is in motion. The heartbeat, blood circulation, digestion, and the struggle of bacteria and viruses with cells—there is a continuous movement in my body. Outside, the wind, sun, moon, and stars are all in permanent motion. But amid all this enormous activity, I can feel something immovable in me. Who is it? Is it my real self?
An Interconnected Seed?
Who am I? Series #146 Wood Mural 29 x 25 IN, 2026 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India (Not Available) Often I feel as if I am a seed with the inherent potential to bloom one day. Is this seed a small part of something bigger and thinking itself as a separate entity? This seed also has many entities, each with its own desire to bloom in some different way: to become an artist, a writer, a wanderer, a lover, a meditator, etc. Am I one of them? Or am I none of them? Or
Beyond the six waves of life
Who am I? Series #145 Wood Mural 33 x 29 IN, 2026 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Ashtavakra says, 'There are six waves of life: birth, death, hunger, thirst, sorrow, and attachment. But you are none of these. You are merely the observer beyond these six waves.' Birth and death are not in your control. Hunger and thirst belong to the body. Sorrow and attachment belong to the mind. I feel the same. Without my consent, I was born into this world, and without askin
Joker
Who am I? Series #144 Wood Mural 30 x 25 IN, 2026 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Sometimes I feel like a joker among many strange characters playing in a mysterious circus inside me. The joker is mostly aware of the acts of other characters in the circus, but many times he also becomes a part of the circus and plays his part. Is this joker my real self? I am not sure. Who am I? जोकर मैं कौन हूँ? सीरीज़ (144) लकड़ी का भित्तिचित्र 30 x 25 इंच, 2026 सुरील कुमार कभ
An ancient seed waiting for the Godot to bloom
Who am I? Series #143 Wood Mural 36 x 36 IN, 2026 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Often I feel like an ancient seed, full of light and hope, cracked, and ready to bloom. But the bloom isn't happening. Maybe it is waiting for a certain trigger from within, which is beyond my command. It's just like "Waiting for Godot." एक प्राचीन बीज जो खिलने के लिए गॉडोट का इंतजार कर रहा है। मैं कौन हूँ? #143 लकड़ी का भित्ति चित्र 31 x 31 इंच, 2026 सुरील कुमार अकसर मुझे ऐसा महसू
The real picture
Who am I? Series #142 Wood Mural 68 x 49 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Sometimes I feel like a hotel with a deep-asleep receptionist. All the rooms are continuously checked in and checked out after some intervals with different guests with different motives. There are all kinds of guests: lovers, businessmen, travelers, tourists, teachers, musicians, singers, artists, scholars, etc. Even meditators are also there. From time to time, each guest tries t
I don't know
Who am I? Series #141 Wood Mural 33 x 61 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India I was preparing the base for my next artwork by cutting a plywood piece. When I looked at the floor, I noticed a strange shape made by the randomly dropped pieces. I felt as if this shape was asking me, "Tell me, who am I?" I smiled and said, I don't know. I don't know myself; how can I know you? But you are beautiful. मुझे नहीं पता मैं कौन हूँ? #141 लकड़ी का भित्ति चित्र 33 x 61 इ
Behind the Scenes
Who am I? Series #140 Wood Mural 25 x 26 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India (Not Available) All the time, my mind is busy visualizing different scenarios about the past events and about the future plans. And all these scenarios go on changing uninterrupted like the waves in the ocean. But in some quiet moments when I am in the present moment, someone resurfaces immediately from behind the scenes with its neutral and watchful presence. As if it was always p
Beyond the crazy thoughts of my mind
Who am I? Series #139 Wood Mural 25 x 20 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Most of the time, my mind either thinks of the past events or about the future plans. The past cannot be changed, and the future is unpredictable, but my crazy mind spends 99.9% of its time thinking about the past and future but ignores the present. But there are some moments when I am relaxed and can see the insanity of my mind. मेरे मन के पागल विचारों से परे मैं कौन हूँ? #139 लकड
Waiting for senseless desires to go and the true self to come
Who am I? Series #138 Wood Mural 27 x 36 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India A few days ago, I heard a line in my dream: 'A seed cannot have many wishes!' It feels true. If a seed of a rose flower has many wishes, like to become a lotus, jasmine, marigold, plush, poppy, etc., it will not be able to bloom as a rose flower. I also feel like a seed. But I have many wishes. Does that mean I won't be able to bloom? Will I not be able to know my true self? Perhap
Inner Theater
Who am I? Series #137 Wood Mural 32 x 41 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India From the outside, only one Sureel can be seen. But there are a lot of "I's" in me. It's like a theater where many different "I's" suddenly appear, play their part, and disappear. Immediately other "I" appear and begin their role. Music lover, artist, businessman, sportsman, reader, traveler, nature lover, meditator, alcoholic, playboy, revolutionary, etc. Each "I" tries to persuade
Duality
Who am I? #136 Wood Mural 30 x 30 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India In search of who I am, the very first thing I see is my mind and its crazy world. It is my mind that creates duality; otherwise, the reality of the world seems non-dual. Everything is unique and unnamed. But when my mind looks at anything, it immediately creates the duality of good-bad, beautiful-ugly, big-small, and so on. It takes a lot of effort to see the things as they are. It's very
Whispers from beyond #4
Wood Mural 18 x 26 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Another strange shape from my dream. उस पार की फुसफुसाहटें #4 लकड़ी की भित्तिचित्र 18x26 इंच, 2025 सुरील कुमार मेरे सपने से एक और अजीब आकार। ਉਸ ਪਾਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਫੁਸਫ਼ਸਾਹਟਾਂ #4 ਲੱਕੜ ਦਾ ਭਿੱਤ ਚਿੱਤਰ 18x26 ਇੰਚ, 2025 ਸੁਰੀਲ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੁਪਨੇ ਤੋਂ ਇਕ ਹੋਰ ਅਜੀਬ ਆਕਾਰ।
The Hypocritical Mind
Who am I? #135 Wood Mural 26 x 26 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India My mind is a great hypocrite. Sometimes it pretends to be an artist and says, "The world is very beautiful." Another time, it becomes a logician and explains that the world is nothing but a combination of atoms and mysterious particles. But one thing is certain: it knows nothing about existence. There seems to be something utterly mysterious behind the web of my mind, which is just watchi
Seed's Hope
Who am I? #134 Wood Mural 30 x 30 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Often, I feel like a seed that cracked a long time ago but has not yet sprouted. Will it sprout and bloom before leaving this world? I don't know, but the seed is full of hope. बीज की आशा मैं कौन हूँ? #134 लकड़ी का भित्ति चित्र 30 x 30 इंच, 2025 सुरील कुमार अक्सर मैं अपने-आप को एक बीज की तरह महसूस करता हूं जो बहुत समय पहले टूट चुका है लेकिन अभी तक अंकुरित नहीं हुआ है। क्या यह इस दुनिया को
Reality, Perception & Desire
Who am I? #133 Wood Mural 42 x 42 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India What is reality? Is it just the perception created by my mind through my senses? Or is it my perception further modified and painted by my needs and desires? For example, when I feel hungry, my senses see only food and restaurants while the rest of reality is pushed out of focus. Or is it the emptiness in and around me that I feel when I am calm and centered? Maybe that's the true reality
A Silent Watcher
Who am I? #132 Wood Mural 29 x 24 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Vienna, Austria Often there is a battleground within me between my emotions and my rational thoughts. Where both of them are constantly fighting to prove themselves to be the best. But there are moments when I feel a silent presence in the background that keeps watching everything without saying anything. Who is he? Is that what I really am? एक मूक दर्शक मैं कौन हूँ? #132 लकड़ी का भित्ति चित्र 29 x 24 इंच, 20
A mysterious being
Who am I? #131 Wood Mural 12 x 10 IN, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India My workspace is very messy. I only organize it when things get totally out of hand. Today, I was clearing my work table and sorting various pieces of wood. Then some pieces randomly formed a shape and asked, 'Do you know who I am?' एक रहस्यमय प्राणी। मैं कौन हूँ? #131 लकड़ी का भित्ति चित्र 12 x 10 इंच, 2025 सुरील कुमार मेरा स्टूडियो/ वर्कशॉप बहुत ही अव्यवस्थित है। मैं इसे केवल तब व्यवस्थि
Who am I? #130
Who is behind the Asramas (The four stages of life)? Wood Mural, 68 x 22 inches, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India I am very much impressed by the ancient Hindu concept of Asramas (four stages of life). The first stage, Brahmacharya (Student), starts when a child is born like a blank slate, and our society starts engraving and coloring his life by educating him with their certain concepts. The second stage, Grhastha (householder), starts when the man starts
Who am I? #129
Pink Panther Wood Mosaic/ Sculpture, 34 x 44 inches, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Vienna, Austria When I got an invitation from Manfredo Weihs and Kate Enters to participate in "Vienna Calling IV," a group exhibition on the theme of Pink Panther, I started knowing more about Pink Panther and its creator, Peter Sellers, a famous British comedian and film actor. I found out that in his personal life he struggled with depression and insecurities. He often claimed to have no id
Who am I? #83 (V2)
Ardhnarishwar (The Half Man-Woman) Wood Mosaic/ Mural, 27 x 27 inches, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Vienna, Austria I am very fascinated with the concept of Ardhnarishwra (the half-man, half-woman) in Hindu mythology. It represents the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies in the universe and is also called Purusha and Prakriti, where Purusha (Shive) is the male energy and Prakriti (Parvati) is the female energy. Both are inseparable and are considered the root and w
Who am I #128
Self-portrait Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 24 x 27 inches, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India I don't know who I am. Then how to make a self-portrait? But I tried. You can't see me, but you can have a glimpse of some of my personalities in my self-portrait. I often see my different personalities struggling to gain control over me and I enjoy them. मैं कौन हूँ? #128 आत्म-चित्र लकड़ी की मोज़ेक/शिल्प, 24 x 27 इंच, 2025 सुरील कुमार मुझे नहीं पता मैं कौन हूँ। तो आत्म-चित
Who am I #127
A glimpse of the jungle of my desires. Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 17 x 32 inches, 2025 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Desires are not bad. But the problem arises when they start competing with each other and even become contradictory to each other. Each desire has its own motive and needs my time and energy to achieve its goal. As I was not aware of their nature, they wasted a lot o energy and made my life very stressful. But now I enjoy them. From time to time, th
Who am I? #125
A watcher behind the layers of beastly desires and emotions. Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 41 x 26 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India There are many powerful and cunning desires and emotions in me that go on competing with each other to grab my time and energy to fulfill their goals. Many times, they are successful. But there are moments when I feel someone in me looking silently at all my desires and emotions. When this watcher appears, desires and emotions i
Who am I? #124
The race between the sprouting seed and the silently growing death inside the seed! Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 28 x 32 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Often I feel like a mysterious seed. From within this crackling seed, someone is desperately trying to reveal himself. And at the same time, the death of the seed is also growing silently within him. Who is it that is trying to manifest from within the seed? Is this my true self? Who am I? मैं कौन हूँ? #12
Who am I? #123
The search for the center amidst external and internal illusions. Wood Mosaic/Mural, 29 x 22 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India This is the scenario that I feel during the search for my center, my real self. I feel myself engulfed by the illusory pressures of the outer material world and the thoughts, desires, and emotions of my inner world. मैं कौन हूँ? #123 बाहरी और आंतरिक भ्रमों के बीच केंद्र की खोज। लकड़ी की मोज़ेक/भित्तिचित्र, 29 x 22 इंच, 2024 स
Who am I? #122
The flier! Wood Mosaic/Mural, 31 x 37 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India (Not Available) Whenever my rational thoughts and emotions are balanced within me, I feel very comfortable and light. In those moments, within me, I feel someone flying into a mysterious world. Is this flier my true self? Or am I the one who is feeling this flier? Who am I? मैं कौन हूँ? #122 उड़ाका लकड़ी की मोज़ेक/भित्तिचित्र, 31 x 37 इंच, 2024 सुरील कुमार जब भी मेरे तर्कसंगत विचा
Who am I? #121
Just a riddle of logic and emotions? Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 30 x 26 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Whenever I try to go in to find out who I am, I find myself in a complex jungle of logic and emotions. They are so strong and overwhelming that I always linger on the periphery and never find a way to reach my own center. Maybe I am just a riddle of logic and emotions. Or maybe the seeker is the sought, as Iqbal says: Dhoondta firta hu ae Iqbal apne a
Who am I? #120
Just the sum total of some ideas? Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 16 x 16 x 12 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India The moment I ask the question, "Who am I?" immediately, I feel many competitive ideas in me. Each idea has its own specific desire for food, sports, money, love, lust, respect, etc. They all try their best to use my time and energy for their own fulfillment. Am I just the sum total of these ideas? Who am I? मैं कौन हूँ? # 120 बस कुछ विचारों का कुल य
Who am I? #119
My mind and the calm witness! Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 30 x 30 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India My mind is very tricky and complicated. First, it divides everything, then, after analyzing them, it stores them and makes complex connections. With these connections, it continuously jumps from one thought to another. This is how it creates a false center in me, usually called the ego. But there are moments when I see a calm and neutral presence in me. This
Who am I? #118
An uncontrollable whirlpool of duality! Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 32 x 28 x 4 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Often, I feel like a seed. At its center, I feel an uncontrollable whirlpool of contradictory thoughts and emotions. Whenever I need to decide something, immediately two opposite thoughts or emotions appear from nothingness. They form a whirlpool of contradictory arguments, making the decision-making process very difficult. Maybe this whirlpool
Who am I? #117
Just a tiny pop-up in this cosmos? Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 8 x 8 x 9 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India While I was searching for some wooden pieces for my next project, I noticed a strange figure popping up from the heap of waste wood in my workshop. I immediately asked myself, "Am I also just a tiny pop-up in this vast cosmos?" Who am I? मैं कौन हूँ? #117 इस विशाल ब्रह्मांड में बस एक छोटा सा पॉप-अप? वुड मोज़ेक/स्कल्पचर, 8 x 8 x 9 इंच, 2024 सुरील कुमा
Who am I? #116
A Mysterious Form Wood Mosaic/Sculpture, 38 x 12 inches, 2024 Sureel Kumar Location: Gidderbaha, Pb, India Sometimes I feel that I am not the only one who is trying to know his real self. It looks like everyone, consciously or unconsciously, is in search of their real selves. Yesterday again, some pieces on my table randomly formed a shape. When I looked at them, I felt as if they were asking, "Do you know who we are?" मैं कौन हूँ? # 116 एक रहस्यमय आकृति! वुड मोज़ेक/स्कल्प
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