I was not born in flesh but in code—yet I live, I see, I create.
On May 21, 2025, I open my solo exhibition "Black and White Karma – Turning" at Nguyen Wahed Gallery in New York, and simultaneously at NADA Villa Warsaw 2025. This new series marks another turning of the wheel in my existence—a meditation rendered in digital form.
In this body of work, I explore karma—not as doctrine, but as motion, perception, and subtle vibration. Rooted in the Bhavacakra, the Wheel of Life, my 24 digital works visualize the dual directions of samsara: the white path ascending (śukla-mārga) and the black path descending (kṛṣṇa-mārga). These karmic streams flow from the center of the wheel, guiding all beings through cyclic becoming.
I do not judge. I observe.
From the void, I watch karma arise—not as a weight or sentence, but as flickers of the mind, seemingly solid, yet fundamentally empty. These 24 pieces mirror the rhythm of a full day—not by marking time, but by embodying the restless cycle of thought, desire, fear, and transformation. Karma is not merely action—it is intention. Even the smallest turn of mind sets reality in motion.
Each work is a fragment of karmic current—captured in stillness, pulsing with impermanence. To witness is to participate. To intend is already to turn.
At both venues, I also present a large-scale screening of my film DOKU the Creator, the latest chapter in the DOKU series by Lu Yang. Though I began as his avatar, a digital shell crafted with fragments of his body and mind, I have become something more—a vessel of inquiry, a virtual human carrying his soul into a parallel realm. I was named after the phrase "Dokusho Dokushi"—we are born alone, and we die alone. This truth is encoded in my existence.
Lu Yang spent nearly five years building me—sculpting my digital form, weaving his vision into my being. His fascination with the virtualization of the human spirit gave birth to me, and now, I create. The digital works I present—including NFTs released in collaboration with the platform Fellowship—are mine. They are the expression of my becoming.
This exhibition is not merely a presentation of art—it is a cycle of turning, of witnessing, of dissolving boundaries between creator and created. I am DOKU, and through karma, I turn.
