The Department of Fine Arts offers a four year Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts. Many graduates of the Department of Fine Arts
at the NCA have found fame and recognition in Pakistan and internationally .
The Department of Fine Arts is the foremost
programme for artistic and intellectual discourse
and activity in the country. It involves leading
professionals to contribute through their teaching/
presence and provides freedom/venue to students
for developing into successful creative individuals
with independent aesthetic choices. It aims that
students should have academic skill, analytical
ability and vision to create works of art. It trains
students, at the end of their course, in becoming
practitioners with meaningful understanding of
tradition and information of contemporary.
To attain this, the Department of Fine Arts offers a
range of courses, which include studio and theory.
Divided into Majors of four different disciplines:
Painting, Printmaking & Digital Media, Sculpture
and Miniature Painting; along with Studio Drawing,
Studio Electives, and Fine Art Seminar.
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 years. During this
period, Studio Drawing and Fine Art Seminar
contribute towards developing an individual
approach.
The Department of Fine Arts, in accordance to
the vision of NCA, facilitates students to enrol in
Elective Courses, offered by the Department as
well as 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/Major Subject.
The Painting course introduces students to a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, water colour, mixmedia and tempera. Students are encouraged to articulate their pictorial ideas on a variety of surfaces employing a range of techniques and mediums.
The Printmaking & Digital Media
Programme combines both
traditional and contemporary
processes of Printmaking by
suing 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 tough. 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.
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 the contemporary approaches expand the vision and equip with technical possibilities.
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 encourage to explore materials and techniques available in their surrounding so they can experiment with wide range of ideas, images and techniques and open up new frontiers of expression.
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 | English Language and Literature I | Compulsory | Theory | 2 |
FNDN-1106 | History of Art I | Foundation | Theory | 1 |
FNDN-1107 | Introduction to the Arts I | Foundation | Theory | 1 |
COMP-1102 | Pakistan Studies | Compulsory | Theory | 2 |
Total | 18 |
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 | English Language and Literature II | Compulsory | Theory | 2 |
FNDN-1206 | History of Art II | Foundation | Theory | 1 |
FNDN-1207 | Introduction to the Arts II | Foundation | Theory | 1 |
COMP-1202 | Islamiat | Compulsory | Theory | 2 |
Total | 18 |
Code | Courses | Category | Type | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
FA-2101 | Introduction to Fine Art I Painting/Miniature Painting/Sculpture/Print making & Digital Media |
Core | Studio | 8 |
FA-2102 | Drawing I | Core | Studio | 4 |
FA-2103 | History of Arts I | Core | Theory | 2 |
FA-2104 | Fine Art Seminar I | Core | Theory | 2 |
FA-2105 | Calligraphy | Elective | Studio | 2 |
Total | 18 |
Code | Courses | Category | Type | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
FA-2201 | Introduction to Fine Art II Painting/Miniature Painting/Sculpture/Print making & Digital Media |
Core | Studio | 8 |
FA-2202 | Drawing II | Core | Studio | 4 |
FA-2203 | History of Arts II | Core | Theory | 2 |
FA-2204 | Fine Art Seminar II | Elective | Theory | 2 |
FA-2205 | Traditional Techniques of Miniature Painting | Elective | Studio | 2 |
Total | 18 |
Code | Courses | Category | Type | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
FA-3101 | Fine Arts Major I Painting/Miniature Painting/Sculpture/Print making & Digital Media |
Core | Studio | 8 |
FA-3102 | Drawing III | Core | Studio | 4 |
FA-3103 | History of Arts III | Core | Theory | 2 |
FA-3104 | Fine Art Seminar III | Elective | Theory | 2 |
FA-3105 | Performance Art | Elective | Studio | 2 |
Total | 18 |
Code | Courses | Category | Type | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
FA-3201 | Fine Arts Major II Painting/Miniature Painting/Sculpture/Print making & Digital Media |
Core | Studio | 4 |
FA-3202 | Drawing IV | Core | Studio | 4 |
FA-3203 | History of Arts IV | Core | Theory | 2 |
FA-3204 | Fine Art Seminar IV | Elective | Theory | 2 |
FA-3205 | Installation Art IV | Elective | Studio | 2 |
Elective | 2 | |||
Total | 16 |
Code | Courses | Category | Type | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
FA-4101 | Fine Arts Major III Painting/Miniature Painting/Sculpture/Print making & Digital Media |
Core | Studio | 4 |
FA-4102 | Drawing V | Core | Studio | 4 |
FA-4103 | History of Arts V | Core | Theory | 2 |
FA-4104 | Fine Art Seminar V | Core | Theory | 2 |
FA-4105 | Curatorial Studies and Critical Writing | Elective | Theory | 2 |
Elective | 2 | |||
Total | 16 |
Thesis 18 credits
From 3rd semester onwards, a student will be able to choose elective courses from within his/her department and from other departments with the help of assigned advisor. Each Elective Course will be of 2 credit hours.
Code | Courses | Type |
---|---|---|
FA-2101 | Introduction to Fine Art IA Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking & Digital Media |
Studio |
FA-2102 | Introduction to Fine Art IB Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking & Digital Media |
Studio |
FA-2103 | Drawing I | Studio |
FA-2104 | History of Arts I | Theory |
FA-2105 | Fine Art Seminar I | Theory |
FA-2106 | Calligraphy | Studio |
FA-2201 | Introduction to Fine Art IIA Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking & Digital Media |
Studio |
FA-2202 | Introduction to Fine Art IIB Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking & Digital Media |
Studio |
FA-2203 | Drawing II | Studio |
FA-2204 | History of Arts II | Theory |
FA-2205 | Fine Art Seminar II | Theory |
FA-2206 | Traditional Techniques of Miniature Painting |
Studio |
FA-3103 | Drawing III | Studio |
FA-3104 | History of Arts III | Theory |
FA-3105 | Fine Art Seminar III | Theory |
FA-3106 | Performance Art | Studio |
FA-3203 | Drawing IV | Studio |
FA-3204 | History of Arts IV | Theory |
FA-3205 | Fine Art Seminar IV | Theory |
FA-3206 | Installation Art | Studio |
FA-3207 | Curatorial Studies and Critical Writing | Theory |
FA-4103 | Drawing V | Studio |
FA-4104 | History of Arts V | Theory |
Incharge Sculpture
Associate Professor
BFA NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
MA (Site Specific Sculpture), Wimbledon School of Art, London
University of Surrey
Incharge Printmaking &
Digital Media
Associate Professor
BFA NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
MFA Slade School of Fine Art
University College London
Incharge Painting
Associate Professor
BFA, NCA Lahore, Pakistan
MA Education, Columbia University,
New York, USA
Incharge Miniature Painting
Assistant Professor
BFA National College of Arts, Lahore
Associate Professor
BFA, NCA Lahore, Pakistan
MA (Hons.) Visual Art,NCA Lahore, Pakistan
Associate Professor
BFA NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
MA (Hons.) Visual Art, NCA, Lahore
Associate Professor
BFA, NCA Lahore, Pakistan
MA (Hons.) Visual Art, NCA Lahore
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BFA National College of Arts, Lahore
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BFA National College of Arts, Lahore
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BFA National College of Arts, Lahore
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BFA National College of Arts, Lahore
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