Department of Painting

The Painting Department forms a core component of the BFA curriculum, fostering students’ understanding of visual language through color, form, texture, and composition. It equips students with both technical skills and conceptual depth, enabling them to develop a distinct artistic voice. By engaging with a wide range of materials and approaches, students are encouraged to experiment, innovate, and adapt to both traditional and contemporary art practices, thereby strengthening their creative and professional potential.

The curriculum encompasses traditional mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, and tempera; modern and contemporary practices including gouache, encaustic, pastels, and ink; as well as mixed media approaches like collage, assemblage, spray paint, digital painting, and textural mediums. It further extends to installation and performance art, along with interdisciplinary practices incorporating sound, light, video, and site-specific work.

The inclusion of these diverse mediums enables students to understand the unique properties and applications of each material while enhancing their technical versatility. It encourages experimentation, critical thinking, and conceptual development, allowing students to explore multiple modes of expression. Such comprehensive exposure not only refines artistic skills but also prepares students for varied career paths in fine arts, contemporary practice, digital media, and interdisciplinary fields.

Through a balanced integration of traditional techniques and contemporary explorations, the Painting Department nurtures creativity, adaptability, and professional competence, empowering students to evolve as confident and innovative artists in an ever-expanding artistic landscape.

Miss. Soma Das (MFA. Painting from Tripua University, Tripura)