At a Glance

1964-65
School Started
  • 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
1966
Vibrant Creatives Joning
  • Mansoor Rahi joined Mina Art School as Principal
1968
First Batch - Fine Arts Diploma
  • First batch completed their 4 years Fine Arts diploma
  • Lubna Agha, Abdul Hafeez and Taufeeq Ahmed were in the first batch
1970
Branding
  • School was renamed as Karachi School of Art suggested by Shakir Ali
1974
New Campus
  • 1000 sq yards land was acquired for the School in Gulshan area

1975
Appointments & Hiring
  • Mansoor Rahi and Hajra Mansoor moved to Islamabad
  • Rabia Zuberi became the Principal
  • Abdul Hafeez was appointed as Head of Fine Arts Department
1978
Construction
  • Abdul Hafeez left KSA and joined PTV

  • Zaheen Ahmed promoted to Head of Fine Arts

  • Construction of the new campus began

1979
Single Floor
  • School was shifted to its new single floor campus
1980
Graphic Design
  • Established department of Graphic Design

1984
Graphic Design Graduates
  • Ather Jamal was appointed as Head of Graphic Design
  • First batch of Graphic Design graduates
1986
First Art Exhibition
  • KSA organized its first art exhibition “Artists of Tomorrow with Artists of Today”

1988
International Participation
  • Participated in International Biennale of SAARC countries
  • Ghalib Baqar of KSA won first prize in painting
1989
Silver Jubilee
  • KSA celebrates its Silver Jubilee (25 years)

1990
Construction
  • First Floor of the building was constructed
1994
Textile Design Established
  • 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

1995
Artist Exchange Program
  • Artist Exchange Program in collaboration with Scotland Transport Museum
1996
Computer Graphics Department
  • Department of Computer Graphics was established

  • Won top seven positions in Athena Awards

  • Second floor of the building was constructed

1998
Graduates
  • First batch of Textile Design graduates
  • First batch of Computer Graphics graduates
2002
Roll Call Exhibition
  • Roll Call exhibition of 52 artists from KSA was held at VM Gallery

2003
Life-Time Achievement Award
  • Rabia Zuberi honored with Life-time achievement award at the 8th National Exhibition
2004
Grand celebration
  • Grand celebration on completion of 40 years

2006
CADCAM Facility
  • State of the art CADCAM facility introduced in Textile Department
2007
Executive Director
  • Imran Zuberi was appointed as the Executive Director

2008
New Additions
  • Romila Kareem was appointed as Coordinator Academics
  • KSA Gallery was established on campus
  • Shahana Rajani appointed as the first Curator of the Gallery
2010
President’s Award
  • Karachi University granted affiliation to KSA

  • Rabia Zuberi honored with President’s Award for Pride of Performance

2011
KSA Library
  • In recognition of Zaheen Ahmed services KSA Library was renamed as Zaheen Library
2013
Takhleeq
  • KSA launches its first quarterly newsletter titled Takhleeq

2014
Golden Jubilee
  • 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
2016
Affiliation Discontinued with KU
  • Affiliation with University of Karachi discontinued

  • Last degree batch graduates with KU

2017
Convocation
  • Convocation for all degree batches held