At a Glance
- Rabia Zuberi and Hajra Zuberi setup a small art school
- The School was registered with Board of Technical Education
- Named the school “Mina Art School” after their Father’s name
- Mansoor Rahi joined Mina Art School as Principal
- First batch completed their 4 years Fine Arts diploma
- Lubna Agha, Abdul Hafeez and Taufeeq Ahmed were in the first batch
- School was renamed as Karachi School of Art suggested by Shakir Ali
1000 sq yards land was acquired for the School in Gulshan area
- Mansoor Rahi and Hajra Mansoor moved to Islamabad
- Rabia Zuberi became the Principal
- Abdul Hafeez was appointed as Head of Fine Arts Department
Abdul Hafeez left KSA and joined PTV
Zaheen Ahmed promoted to Head of Fine Arts
Construction of the new campus began
- School was shifted to its new single floor campus
Established department of Graphic Design
- Ather Jamal was appointed as Head of Graphic Design
- First batch of Graphic Design graduates
KSA organized its first art exhibition “Artists of Tomorrow with Artists of Today”
- Participated in International Biennale of SAARC countries
- Ghalib Baqar of KSA won first prize in painting
KSA celebrates its Silver Jubilee (25 years)
- First Floor of the building was constructed
Department of Textile Design was established
Durr-e-Afshan was appointed as first Head of Textile Design
Initiated Truck Art Caravan project in collaboration with PSO
- Artist Exchange Program in collaboration with Scotland Transport Museum
Department of Computer Graphics was established
Won top seven positions in Athena Awards
Second floor of the building was constructed
- First batch of Textile Design graduates
- First batch of Computer Graphics graduates
Roll Call exhibition of 52 artists from KSA was held at VM Gallery
- Rabia Zuberi honored with Life-time achievement award at the 8th National Exhibition
Grand celebration on completion of 40 years
- State of the art CADCAM facility introduced in Textile Department
Imran Zuberi was appointed as the Executive Director
- Romila Kareem was appointed as Coordinator Academics
- KSA Gallery was established on campus
- Shahana Rajani appointed as the first Curator of the Gallery
Karachi University granted affiliation to KSA
Rabia Zuberi honored with President’s Award for Pride of Performance
- In recognition of Zaheen Ahmed services KSA Library was renamed as Zaheen Library
KSA launches its first quarterly newsletter titled Takhleeq
- KSA celebrates its Golden Jubilee – 50 years of success
- Roll Call – II was held at VM Art Gallery to commemorate 50 years
- Printmaking dept. initiated Golden Jubilee Box Print portfolio project
- First degree batch graduates
Affiliation with University of Karachi discontinued
Last degree batch graduates with KU
- Convocation for all degree batches held