School of Visual Arts (ARTVERSE - 2022)

About School

Welcome to the esteemed School of Visual Arts at WUD, a beacon of artistic excellence nationally and internationally. Rooted in tradition yet forward-looking, our school attracts diverse talents from across the globe. We foster a dynamic environment, blending practical and critical aspects of Contemporary Art through faculty-student collaboration and engagement with the professional art world. Our commitment to inclusivity empowers aspiring artists, providing a rich tapestry of cultural experiences. Graduates emerge with careers shaped by cutting-edge artistic practice and research, poised for success in a rapidly evolving world. At the School of Visual Arts, we pride ourselves on being leaders in collaborative, creative, and scholarly art education. We encourage students to invest their energies in creative inquiry and risk-taking, ensuring they are active contributors to the ever- changing landscape of the arts. For students and parents seeking assurance, we champion the arts as essential to contemporary life, upholding artistic tradition while embracing innovative approaches. Our fundamental objectives include promoting visual literacy, understanding the historical significance of the arts, and ensuring their continued relevance in today’s world. Join us on this journey where tradition meets the future, and where young minds are not only nurtured but also assured of a fulfilling and successful career in the world of visual arts.

Courses Available

Creative Painting

4-Year BVA

This course is designed to help students to understand the nature of creativity by letting go of stale habits....

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Digital Drawing & Illustration

4-Year BVA

This is a unique undergraduate course specially designed to keep pace with changing technology and its role in....

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Curatorial Practices in Arts

2-Year MVA

This first MVA of its kind in the country prepares students to expand the role of curators in connecting...

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Fashion Art

2-year MVA

This course focuses on creating fashion illustrators who will be able to meet the requirements of the...

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Art Education

2-Year MVA

This course is designed for and focused on preparing art educators for the future. The pedagogical approach...

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Contemporary Art Practice

2-Year MVA

Contemporary Art Practice is changing dramatically. Artists react to observations of the world we live in...

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Photography

1-Year Diploma

Photography is about an idea, a message, or an emotion. That idea or message may be something small, a single word...

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Painting

1-Year Diploma

The program is aimed at those who have practiced painting as a hobby and are looking at more structured...

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PEOPLE

Visual Artist-Educator-Curator Rajan Shripad Fulari, comes from small village called Siolim of beautiful land of Goa. Fulari is an excellent artist who acquired his degree of Fine Arts from the Goa College of Arts and then later acquired his master's from M S University, Vadodara in Gujarat. He also studied Film Appreciation from FTII, Pune. His works have been exhibited in National and International Exhibitions held at Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Scotland, London, Canada, Abu Dhabi etc. and with many important galleries / museums in India and abroad.

Throughout his whole artistic journey, Rajan Shripad Fulari has achieved many awards and he continues to expand his list of achievements. Fulari is been honoured with many prestigious awards and scholarship across India by well know national organization and also from abroad including to name few the Yuva Surjana Puraskar by Govt. of Goa, a National Scholarship & Junior Fellowship from Govt. of India, National Award from Rajasthan, Lalit Kala Akademi, AIFACS Award, New Delhi and artist in residency from Foundacao Oriente (Goa) for Portugal, Charles Wallace / British Council / Scottish Border Council for Scotland and recently McMaster University, Canada. And recently his prints were exhibited in solo show along with legendary none other than REMBRANT in the International Triennial in France.

Recently he was appointed for the prestigious post of Secretary at the famous Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi. And earlier, he served as the head of the printmaking studio as well as at the Lalit Kala Akademi, regional centres of Delhi and Chennai for 11 long years. Further, he has been currently working as an assistant professor at the prestigious College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow University for the last six years. Earlier he served as a lecturer at Goa College of Fine Art for six years and Graphic Designer with Goa Doordarshan.

Fulari have also curated, coordinated and conducted many exhibitions and other activities in Visual Arts. He also curates few group shows, workshops and camps of well know and young artists from India and abroad. Also, as an active printmaker he is been coordinating number of Print-Portfolios with various groups and galleries across, for the promotion of printmaking in India and Abroad. A keen participator, he has attended several camps & workshops.

Fulari art works are in the collections of several private and public collections in India and elsewhere. With vast experience of more than 25 years in the Contemporary Art Scenario, he is a humble and profound artist and teacher.

Dr .Preeti Yadav teaches undergraduate and Postgraduate students  in School of Communication and Visual Art Department at WUD. She has done Ph. D. in visual communication from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT),M.Phil & Masters in visual communication from Dr.B.R.Ambedekar University, and Bachelor’s in Applied Arts from the Rajasthan School Of Art. Her Ph.D. research focuses on young consumer's perception on design characteristics of mascot as a form of communication in advertisement. During her Ph.D. she was visiting researcher at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, School of Design. Attended two courses in University Art of London 1-Communication for PR and Advertising at London College of Communication in UK 2-Typography at Central Saint Martin in the UK. Her other research interests are in the field of Advertising, Brand identity, Typography, Packaging, Design Semantics, Publication Design, Visual Ethnography, Information Graphics, Visual communication, Visual interface design and fine arts. Her publications that have published in international Journals and international conferences. She was awarded "The Best Paper Award" at ICCVAD 2018 International Conference on Communication, Visual Arts & Design, Held on 2018 at London, United Kingdom and most "DISTINGUISED PAPER" Award from International Conference of Research into Design ICORD'17. One of her paper had been short listed for "YOUNG RESEARCH AWARD" at HWWE15. She previously taught at Amity School of Fine Arts, Amity University, Noida. She has 14years’ teaching and research experience in her relevant field.

An art educator with a fine arts bachelor’s in Painting and master’s in Mural Design from Maharaja Sayji Rao University in Baroda, Gujarat. In his 18 years of professional journey Ruchin has been honored with awards, grants, and fellowships, and has a notable international exhibition history, including shows in Mexico and India. Ruchin has been engaged in street art projects and multiple artist residency programs.

With a B.V.A in painting from Indian college of art and draftsman, Kolkata and a M.V.A in Painting, from Visva - Bharati University in Santiniketan; Sumit is an Visual Artist with multidisciplinary approach. Sumit has participated in various National and International Art Projects, exhibiting in Glasgow/ Scotland, Busan/South Korea, Italy, Thailand, Dubai, Beijing, Dhaka etc. He represented Indian culture and contemporary Indian art at Beijing, Bangladesh and South Korea Art Biennale. He has been awarded Kala Sakshi Memorial Trust Award, Delhi; the Bombay art Society Late. Sanjay Haridas Jagdale Award; Camel Art Foundation, Kolkata, and Ministry of Culture [NHRD] Young Artist scholarship.

Megha is a B.F.A from Govt. College of Fine Arts, Chandigarh and M.F.A from College of Art, New Delhi. Immediately afterwards she received the Lalit Kala Akademi Acholarship and then the Inlaks Fine art award by Inlaks Shivdasani foundation, Mumbai. She also received a 6-month French Embassy Fellowship at Ecole Nationale Superieure des beaux-arts, Paris; the Nanji residency of Seoul Museum of arts, South Korea; Megha was an artist-in-residence at an Affective Science lab in Switzerland conducting research on human emotions. Megha has received various state level, national and international awards and residencies. She has three years of teaching experience at Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing Arts and Visual Arts.

Board Members

Veer Munshi

Professional Artist

Veer Munshi born in Srinagar Kashmir studied fine arts from M.S.University Baroda who now lives in Delhi/Gurgaon for last 26 years...

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Achia Anzi

Professor

Achia Anzi, was born in Israel in 1979. Anzi did his MFA & BFA in Sculpture from the University of Rajasthan, in 2004- 2010, Diploma and BA...

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Siddhartha Tagore

Director Art Konsult and Publisher of Art & Deal

Siddhartha Tagore established ‘Art Konsult’ about two decades ago with a vision to promote Indian Contemporary Art...

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Qazi M Raghib

Art Director / Art critic

Presently with National Herald, Qazi Raghib is a Creative Director and Art Critic. Associated with India Today Group, Inflight Magazine...

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WUD Critics Awards

WUD has also introduced the Critics’ Choice Award (Jury Selection) for the young and upcoming artists in the respective genres. The recipient of the awards is mentioned below:

Abid Zaid

This Delhi-based artist has done Masters in Economics, History &Painting and PhD in History of Arts. She in the painting field since 2007...

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Amit Shrivatsava

AAn IIT Delhi Alumnus, pursued his passion towards arts, he loves to paint and draw portraits early from an age of 9 He graduated from...

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Neerja Chandna Peters

Delhi based self-taught artist, writer and a physician by profession, she discovered her passion for art almost a decade ago...

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Ranjit Sankar

Delhi-based artist, Ranjit did his diploma in art from Sarbabharatiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad Calcutta and has ...

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Pooja Aggarwal

Artist based in Gurugram, Haryana, India. Passionate about creating unique and exclusive pieces of art. She took ...

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Bharti Prajapati

She has studied Textile Designing from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai and then from the National Institute of Design ...

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Awards Recevied by Students

Sahil Mathur

Participated in Online Print Making Exhibition organised by Printmakers.016, Kolkata, India. ...

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Anu Ahuja

Participated in International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Biennale, Istanbul 2020, held from...

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Tanushka Singha

Participated in International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Biennale, Istanbul 2020, held from..

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Navya Sachdeva

Participated in International Virtual Engravist Printmaking Biennale, Istanbul 2020, held from...

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Art Talks

Anand Roy

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Student Testimonials