Artist S.Suresh Kumar, popularly known as artist Suresh Muthukulam, was born in 1971 in a Central Travancore hamlet Muthukulam in the Alappuzha district. Born as the sixth child to K.Sukumaran and Pulamaja, he was the youngest in the family. Born in a village known to have produced some of the greatest artists of Kerala like two of Malayalam cinema’s ever living figures like Director P. Padmarajan and Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai  it was quite natural for this born artist to conceive the typical central Travancore tradition of village life, art, colour, culture and festivities since childhood.

Mesmerized by the village life and its environment, its splendor and nature, the artist within young Suresh bloomed painting the scenes of his native village, as reflected in his paintings during early school days. No wonder, young Suresh won numerous awards in school and local paining competitions. Fortunately for him, some of his teachers nurtured his talents and egged him to learn the intricacies of colour mixing and painting techniques. Suresh also researched the oil paintings of the masters and some western painters to learn more about the medium.