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The Department of Fine Arts offers a four-year Bachelor degree in Fine Arts. Many graduates of this department have contributed significantly to developing art education, their own art practices and have been widely recognized for their laudable efforts in teaching, mentoring and promoting their students.

The Department of Fine Arts is the foremost programme for artistic and intellectual discourse and activity in the country. As part of the programme, leading professionals contribute through their teaching and mentorship and provide both agency and space to students, such that they develop into successful creative individuals with independent aesthetic choices. Our objective is for our students to achieve deeper analytical ability, the freedom to imagine and the vision to create. We help our students to become practitioners with a meaningful understanding of tradition and of the contemporary.

To attain this, the Department of Fine Arts offers courses in studio and theory, it is divided into Majors of four different disciplines; Miniature Painting, Painting, Printmaking & Digital Media and Sculpture. The department is futher supported with courses in Drawing, Studio Electives from other departments and Fine Arts Seminar Courses.

Each student of Fine Arts, in the 2nd Year is introduced to all 4 Major subjects, before choosing one to pursue in 3rd and 4th year. During this period, Studio Drawing and Fine Art Seminar contribute towards developing an individual approach.

The Department of Fine Arts, in accordance with the vision of NCA, facilitates students to enrol in Elective Courses from other departments of the institution. Recognizing the need for a multi-disciplinary pedagogy, the programme is structured to encourage exposure and experience beyond a student’s selected course of studies in their Major Subject.

In this course, students are taught the skills and traditional techniques of miniature painting. They are encouraged to develop an awareness and sensibility of contemporary practices of this art form. They learn the making of wasli (traditional paper), handmade brushes, and preparation of colours. The use of the traditional along with contemporary approaches expand the vision of students and equip them with technical possibilities.

Courses in Painting introduce students to a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, water colour, mix media, tempera, and new media. Students are encouraged to investigate and communicate their ideas through multidimensional approaches, while honing their ability to employ and understand a range of mediums and materials and developing individualized techniques of making.

The Printmaking & Digital Media Programme combines both traditional and contemporary processes of Printmaking pursuing different methods of printing, usually on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal and other surfaces, working with special tools, presses and acid.

This programme encourages use of traditional techniques alongside new ways of looking at the constantly changing world of our electronic digital age. All intaglio techniques of drypoint, etching, engraving, photoetching and aquatint, as well as planographic techniques of offset and direct method lithography, relief printing processes like woodcut and linocut, silkscreen and digital printmaking are taught. Digital Media refers to images created digitally on paper and other surfaces, using a wide variety of computer software.

The creative opportunity offered by this program is hugely diverse and exciting, allowing the students to choose and combine the techniques that best suit them.

Sculpture as a medium has moved from making three dimensional objects to installations, videos, nontangible materials accessed through the sense of touch, taste, sound and light. The multi dimensionality of this process links with technology and materials which are traditional as well as contemporary. Students are encouraged to explore materials and techniques available in their surrounding so they can experiment with a wide range of ideas, images and techniques and open up new frontiers of expression.

CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES


1st Semester



Code Courses Category Type Credits
FNDN-1101 Drawing I Foundation Studio 3
FNDN-1102 Drafting I Foundation Studio 3
FNDN-1103 Design Process I Foundation Studio 3
FNDN-1104 Sculpture I Foundation Studio 3
COMP-1101 Functional English Compulsory Theory 3
COMP-1102 Ideology and constitution of Pakistan Compulsory Theory 2
COMP-1103 History of Art I Compulsory Theory 1
COMP-1104 Introduction to the Arts I Compulsory Theory 1
COMP-1105 Civic and Community Engagement Compulsory Theory 2
Total 21

2nd Semester



Code Courses Category Type Credits
FNDN-1201 Drawing II Foundation Studio 3
FNDN-1202 Drafting II Foundation Studio 3
FNDN-1203 Design Process II Foundation Studio 3
FNDN-1204 Sculpture II Foundation Studio 3
COMP-1201 Expository Writing Compulsory Theory 3
COMP-1202 Islamic Studies Compulsory Theory 2
COMP-1203 History of Art II Compulsory Theory 1
COMP-1204 Introduction to the Arts II Compulsory Theory 1
COMP-1205 Entrepreneurship Compulsory Theory 2
Total 21

3rd Semester



Code Courses Category Type Credits
FA-2101 Introduction to Fine Art I
Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture
Major Studio 5
FA-2102 Drawing I Major Studio 3
NCA-2101 History of Art I Major Theory 2
FA-2104 Fine Art Seminar I Major Theory 1
COMP-2101 A Science of Society Compulsory Theory 2
COMP-2102 Information Communication Technologies in Education Compulsory Theory 3
COMP-2103 Exploring Quantitative Skills Compulsory Theory 3
Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary 2
Total 21

4th Semester



Code Courses Category Type Credits
FA-2201 Fine Arts Major I
Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture
Major Studio 6
FA-2202 Drawing II Major Studio 3
NCA-2201 History of Art II Major Theory 2
FA-2204 Fine Art Seminar II Major Theory 2
COMP-2201 What is Science/ The Science of Global Challenges Compulsory Theory 3
COMP-2202 Tools for Quantitative Reasoning Compulsory Theory 3
Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary 2
Total 21

5th Semester



Code Courses Category Type Credits
FA-3101 Fine Arts Major II
Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture
Major Studio 6
FA-3102 Drawing III Major Studio 3
NCA-3101 History of Art III Major Theory 2
FA-3104 Fine Art Seminar III Major Theory 2
Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary 2
Total 15

6th Semester



Code Courses Category Type Credits
FA-3201 Fine Arts Major III
Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture
Major Studio 6
FA-3202 Drawing IV Major Studio 3
NCA-3201 History of Art IV Major Theory 2
FA-3204 Fine Art Seminar IV Major Theory 2
Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary 2
Total 15

7th Semester



Code Courses Category Type Credits
FA-4101 Fine Arts Major IV
Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture
Major Studio 8
FA-4102 Drawing V Major Studio 3
FA-4103 History of Art V Major Theory 2
FA-4104 Fine Art Seminar V Major Theory 2
Total 15

8th Semester


Thesis 15 credits


INTERDISCIPLINARY/ ALLIED COURSES


From 3rd semester onwards, a student will be able to choose an allied/interdisciplinary course from his/her department and from other departments with the help of assigned advisor.
Each Interdisciplinary Crouse will be of 2 credit hours.


Code Courses Type
FA-2101 Introduction to Fine Art I
Painting/Miniature Painting/
Sculpture/Printmaking
Studio
FA-2102 Drawing I Studio
NCA-2101 History of Art I Theory
FA-2104 Fine Art Seminar I Theory
FA-2201 Fine Art Major I
Painting/Miniature Painting/
Sculpture/Printmaking
Studio
FA-2202 Drawing II Studio
NCA-2201 History of Art II Theory
FA-2204 Fine Art Seminar II Theory
FA-3101 Fine Arts Major II
Painting/Miniature Painting/
Sculpture/Printmaking
Studio
FA-3102 Drawing III
Studio
NCA-3101 History of Art III Theory
FA-3104 Fine Art Seminar III Theory
FA-3201 Fine Arts Major III
Painting/Miniature Painting/
Sculpture/Printmaking
Studio
FA-3202 Drawing IV Studio
NCA-3201 History of Art IV Theory
FA-3204 Fine Art Seminar IV Theory
FA-4101 Fine Arts Major IV
Painting/Miniature Painting/
Sculpture/Printmaking
Studio
FA-4102 Drawing V Studio
FA-4103 History of Art V Theory
FA-4104 Fine Art Seminar V Theory
FA-2106 Self and other portraits Studio
FA-2108 Portrait of Art; Artists depicted in films Theory
FA-2206 Unconventional Mediums and Techniques in Art Studio
FA-2207 Introduction to Digital Art Studio
FA-2107 Appropriation in Art and Design Studio
FA-3106 Image in Making II Studio
FA-3206 Visual Poetry Studio
FA-2109 Printmaking I Studio
FA-2209 Printmaking II Studio
FA-3108 Printmaking III Studio
FA-3108 Printmaking III Studio
FA-3207 Printmaking IV Studio
FA-3107 Installation Art Studio
FA-2208 Demystifying Painting-Material and Methods of 2D Art Making Studio


  • Ayesha Mariam Durrani
    Ayesha Mariam Durrani

Ayesha Mariam Durrani
Head of Miniature Painting/Printmaking
Associate Professor
BFA, NCA
MFA (Creative Practice), Univesity of Ply Mouth

  • Aqeel Ahmed Solangi
    Aqeel Ahmed Solangi

Aqeel Ahmed Solangi
Head of Painting/Sculpture
Associate Professor
BFA, NCA
MA Visual Arts, NCA
MFA, Bath Spa University, Bath UK

  • Imran Ahmed
    Imran Ahmed

Imran Ahmed
Associate Professor
BFA, National College of Arts, Lahore
Master in Art Administration, University of New south Wales, Australia

  • Azam Jamal
    Azam Jamal

Azam Jamal
Associate Professor (Contract)
BFA, Hunarkada, Lahore
BFA Punjab Univeristy
MA (Hons.) Visual Art, NCA



  • Nadia Batool Hussain

Nadia Batool Hussain
Assistant Professor
BFA, Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi
Post-Baccalaureate, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, USA

  • Nadia Rahat
    Nadia Rahat

Nadia Rahat
Assistant Professor
BA, University of the Punjab, Lahore
B Des, National College of Arts, Lahore
M.A Education, Allama Iqbal University, Islamabad
MA Computational Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

  • Beenish Khalid
    Beenish Khalid

Beenish Khalid
Assistant Professor
BFA, National College of Arts, Lahore
M.A Art Education, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore

  • Hassan Ali
    Hassan Ali

Hassan Ali
Lecturer
BFA, NCA

  • Muhammad Zeeshan Younus
    Muhammad Zeeshan Younus

Muhammad Zeeshan Younus
Lecturer
BFA, National College of Arts, Lahore

  • Irum Wani
    Irum Wani

Irum Wani
Lecturer
BFA, NCA
MSc. Mass Communivation, AIOU ISb

  • Osman Hyder
    Osman Hyder

Osman Hyder
Lecturer
BFA, NCA
MFA, Experimental Animation- California Institute of Arts, Valencia CA-USA