FACULTY OF VISUAL ARTS

Vision

Our vision is to be the most prominent higher education entity in the field of visual arts in Asia, in terms of training students to be leading artists, designers and scholars to transform the world.

Mission

Through quality teaching, professional practice and research, fostering a high level of understanding of the principles and practices of visual arts, we strive to enhance desirable links and collaborations with industries and professional bodies incorporating technologies. Inspiring individual creativity among staff and students and encouraging awareness of social and environmental developments are our forte.

As the present Dean of the faculty of Visual Art, it’s a great pleasure to issue this message on behalf of the faculty, which has a history goes back to a century ago. Firstly, I would like to convey my gratitude to all former Deans and retired senior academics who contributed to uplift the faculty to the present state. At the same time, I would like to pay my respect to the founders and well-known artists emerged from this institute like J.D.A. Perera, David Paynter, Stanley Abeysinghe, Tissa Ranasinghe, Mahagamasekara, H.A. Karunarathna, etc. The faculty has well-qualified and well-experienced academic staff who have local and foreign education qualifications under different subject disciplines.  Also, most of them are practitioners and scholars who have actively involved in improving the artistic sense, cultural values and social responsibilities of the country. The faculty of Visual Art stands up with a strong foundation of good practices affiliated with the field of Visual Art. As a faculty, we have identified our social and national responsibilities and are being working as a team that was composed of the academics, students, administrative and non-academic staff to improve the quality of Visual Art education. Students who enter the university by passing the GCE (A/L) exam and the aptitude test conducted by faculty in every year are the main assert of our faculty. The composition of students is made of creative and energetic youth of the country who came from diverse social backgrounds and different areas. The BVA special degree program offered by nine departments of the faculty helps the students to develop their creativity, skills, ideology, social responsibilities and to find the right path for their professional career.

M H JAGATH RAVINDRA

The Faculty produces graduates with competencies to be employed in professional, practical and academic careers in the field of visual arts. Painters, Sculptures, Printers, Designers, and Interior Decorators are some of the professions available to our graduates.