Visual Arts

Department of Visual Arts

Commencement year: 2010-11

The degree course in Visual Arts is helpful to enhance the art work and the interpretation in distinct. It also builds a wider platform for synchronization of different art schools and forms in distinct. The students of Visual arts will prove to be an asset to the society and to themselves. Specializations offered by Visual arts department -Applied Art / Painting / Sculpture.

Career opportunities: Opportunity to work in professional areas like Creative Designers, Brand head, Creative Visualizers, Art Directors, Creative Illustrators – In Advertising Agencies, Software & many other Companies. And also, many more opportunities are available like becoming Professional Sculptors / Painters / Lecturers for Central Schools like Navodaya, Kendriya Vidyalaya and after Post graduation they can work as a lecturer in Fine Arts Colleges, Art Director for small screens as well as big screens, Landscape designers, Mural Designers, Interior designers, Events design managers, TV Shows designers, Textile designers and any kind of Creative design-oriented work.

Facilities:

Slide Shows, Lectures and Workshops from renowned Artists from all over India
Study tours to the historical places of India
Fully equipped computer lab with internet facility
Art camps (Chitrasiri, Varnavirasat, Shilpasiri, Shilpa Virasat)
Opportunity to learn and design different designing software
Annual Art Exhibition conducted by Visual Arts Students.
Department library and e-resources is also available.

Faculty:

Sharath Kumar Shetty, MFA in Applied Art

Graduated in Applied art from University college of fine arts, Davanagere, has completed master’s in MMK College of Visual Arts, Gulbarga. Has also completed a Digital Art computer course by Himem technology, Davanagere.

Has completed over 17 years in the field of Drawing, illustration, Design Assistance, Graphic Designing and Lecturing. Strength is the ability to coordinate and executes all jobs, irrespective of their size very successfully.

Engaged as a BOS and BOAE (Visual Arts) Chairman and member for Mangalore University, BOS (Visual Arts) member for Davanagere University.

Presently the Head of the Visual Arts Department.

Vipinlal P.V., MFA in Painting

Graduated in painting from CAVA, Mysore, University of Mysore, has completed master’s in Shanthinikethan, Viswabharathi University, West Bengal.

He has secured various scholarships from National and state level.

Engaged as a BOAE (Visual Arts) member for Mangalore University. Presently the Lecturer in Painting, Visual Arts Department from past 7 years.

Vishwanath M., MFA in Sculpture

Graduated and master’s in Sculpture from CKP, college of fine arts, Bangalore, Bangalore University.

He has secured various scholarships and participated various state and national level sculpture camps.

Engaged as a BOAE (Visual Arts) member for Mangalore University. Has completed over 5 years in the field of Lecturing in sculpture. Presently the Lecturer in Sculpture, Visual Arts Department from past 1 year.

Achievements:

Academic: In the academics we achieve 100% result every year along with the top three ranks in the university

Extension:

The social service of giving an aesthetic value to the public bus shelter under JCI Club, Moodubidire
The wall painting done in the Alva’s Engineering college to enhance the beauty of the building at Mijar, Moodubidire.
The corridor wall works done in the basement floor of the alva’s degree college building for its beautification.
The installation of a banyan tree done with armature of bamboo sticks and the body covered with colour papers upon the newspaper during Chitrasiri and Nudisiri.

Workshops: