Department of Visual Arts

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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.

Sraman Mukherjee

Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Calcutta

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

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Saumya Agarwal

Visiting Faculty of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

PhD University of Heidelberg

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

Deepti Mulgund

Visiting Faculty, Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University

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

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Facilities

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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News

Events

News

25 Ashoka students selected to lead by example at Millennium Fellowship

Sep 14 , 2022 05:09

With empathy, humility, and inclusion as guiding values, the Millennium Fellowship aspires to help make the Sustainable Development Goals a…

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Academics 101: A Deep Dive into Course Categories of the Undergraduate Programme

Sep 01 , 2022 06:09

Here is an in-depth guide for students to understand how course categorisation works in the undergraduate programme at Ashoka University

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How to make the most of your Ashoka Experience

Aug 30 , 2022 05:08

Students from the previous undergraduate batches at Ashoka University reflect on their own journey to provide some valuable advices/insights to…

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What they thought: First Impressions of the former undergraduate batches

Aug 30 , 2022 04:08

Here is what some of our undergraduate students were pondering over during their initial days at Ashoka University

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Ashoka alumna gets selected for the Indian Air Force

Aug 26 , 2021 09:08

Vedika Gupta successfully passed the Services Selection Board and became the second Ashoka student to join the Indian Air Force.

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“What it may be like:” Into Ashoka’s Orientation Week

Aug 25 , 2021 09:08

Just as 2021’s much-awaited virtual O-week begins this week, this blog gives a message of togetherness and shared excitement for…

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#GraduateStories – Embracing Discomfort by Dimpy Nandwani

Aug 07 , 2021 09:08

Dimpy Nandwani, part of the graduating batch of Ashoka Scholars Programme 2021, did an Advanced Major in Psychology, a Minor…

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Ashoka’s nonconventional interdisciplinary approach towards natural sciences: The success of the maiden…

Aug 06 , 2021 09:08

The performance of the first Physics undergraduate batch upholds Ashoka’s interdisciplinary approach to teaching sciences.

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Why I love the Undergraduate Programme at Ashoka

Aug 03 , 2021 09:08

Meera Anand, a third-year undergraduate student lists down her top three reasons for loving the UG programme at Ashoka University.

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#GraduateStories – The Economics Survival Kit by Lipsa Mohanty

Jul 30 , 2021 09:07

Lipsa Mohanty is a part of the Undergraduate class of 2021 and majored in Economics.

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In the Media

VA Colloquium: Mr. Sarnath Banerjee, Graphic Novelist | AC04- 302 (LR) | 30 Jan 2023

January 30 @ 1:30 pm

VA Colloquium: Curatorial Practice as Political Commitment | Professor Ranjit Hoskote

December 5, 2022 @ 1:30 pm

VA & MS joint Colloquium| Professor Orijit Sen | 10 October 2022 | 3:30 PM | AC04 310 (LR)

October 10, 2022 @ 3:30 pm

Visual Arts Colloquium: Thukral & Tagra | Friday 30th September | AC04 302 (LR)

September 30, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

VISUAL ARTS Colloquium: Critical Zone: The Earth Below Our Feet | Vasanthi Mariadass

April 19, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
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Contact Us

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

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