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Department of Visual Arts

The Department of Visual Arts at Ashoka University combines courses in Art History and Visual Culture with training in material, media and site specific aspects of Studio Arts. While the Art History and Visual Culture courses offer historical and philosophical contexts in which visual arts has been developed and practiced, the Studio Arts courses help the students learn the fundamentals of an art form and develop it through practice. Both the components work in tandem and help the student acquire an integrated understanding of art.

Programmes

Undergraduate Programme in Visual Arts

Ashoka University’s Department of Visual Arts, offers Minor and Concentration in Visual Arts. The department provides a thematic…

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Ashoka Scholars Programme in Visual Arts

Ashoka University offers a year-long Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research (DipASR) to students who have completed…

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Faculty at Visual Arts

The Department of Visual Arts’s faculty includes visual art practitioners, working through varied media and methods, as well as art historians and visual studies scholars with research interests and expertise spanning the early medieval to the contemporary period.

Preeti Bahadur

Visiting Faculty, Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Punjab University

Latika Gupta

Visiting Faculty, Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

M.Phil, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Anni Kumari

Visiting Faculty, Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

M.F.A (Painting), College of Art, University of Delhi

Sraman Mukherjee

Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Calcutta

Deepti Mulgund

Visiting Faculty, Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

Ph.D. School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Janice Pariat

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and History of Art, Ashoka University

English Literature, St.Stephen's College History of Art, School of Oriental and African Studies

Rakhi Peswani

Head of the Department, Visual Arts, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

MFA (Sculpture), M.S.University, Baroda

Orijit Sen

Visiting Faculty, Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

Graphic design, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.

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Facilities

Art Studio

Art Studio

The Department of Visual Arts offers Minor courses in Art histories and Art practice at an undergraduate level. The art studios at the department provide facilities for some of the foundational courses in Visual Arts. Students have the possibilities to experiment in Drawing and explore the various experimental possibilities in the studio. The studio also houses facilities to experiment in oil and easel painting. There are provisions for clay modelling, clay and plaster sculpture making, terracotta pottery and firing. The studio houses electric wheels and electricity kiln for students to learn terracotta sculpture and pottery making. There are provisions to experiment in print techniques with a lino and etching press provided in the studio. Plans are underway to expand the studio facilities in the near future.

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For any queries regarding Visual Arts programmes, please contact: -

Rakhi Peswani

Head of Department

rakhi.peswani@ashoka.edu.in

Rajendra Tewari

Department Manager

rajendra.tewari@ashoka.edu.in

Manya Tandon

Student Representative

manya.tandon_ug23@ashoka.edu.in

Department of Visual Arts

Programmes

Faculty at Visual Arts

Preeti Bahadur

Latika Gupta

Anni Kumari

Sraman Mukherjee

Deepti Mulgund

Janice Pariat

Rakhi Peswani

Orijit Sen

Facilities

Art Studio

News

Events

News

In the Media

Contact Us

Rakhi Peswani

Rajendra Tewari

Manya Tandon

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