In the 2022 Venice Biennale, The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, painting and in particular women painters take on a prominent role. For the first time in its history the Venice Biennale included a majority of women and gender non-conforming artists. Arguably, this reflects a new generation of painters who are operating within a new confident positioning, occupying themes and spaces within their respective practices that address timely issues of queer identity, women’s rights, abortion, and the representation of the female body. In doing so these painting practices not only speak to but also rethink a hierarchical male dominated painting history to open up new spaces for exploration and investigation within painting practice.
Feminist and queer theory is important to this investigation. A range of approaches may be explored to address ideas of contemporary painting practice. This study can address the materiality of painting and its interlocking relationship with the above issues. It may include a practice-led approach where ideas of painting itself is questioned and investigated, where the remapping of subjectivities and hierarchies become central. This project may appeal to women painters and painters who address ideas of the gendered body within painted space. It may also speak to ideas of painting and its material expansion.
Applicants should hold, or expect to obtain, a First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in a subject relevant to the proposed area of study.
We may also consider applications from those who hold equivalent qualifications, for example, a Lower Second Class Honours Degree plus a Master’s Degree with Distinction.
In exceptional circumstances, the University may consider a portfolio of evidence from applicants who have appropriate professional experience which is equivalent to the learning outcomes of an Honours degree in lieu of academic qualifications.
If the University receives a large number of applicants for the project, the following desirable criteria may be applied to shortlist applicants for interview.
The University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities.
Appointment will be made on merit.
The University offers the following levels of support:
The following scholarship options are available to applicants worldwide:
These scholarships will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance) and will provide a £900 per annum research training support grant (RTSG) to help support the PhD researcher.
Applicants who already hold a doctoral degree or who have been registered on a programme of research leading to the award of a doctoral degree on a full-time basis for more than one year (or part-time equivalent) are NOT eligible to apply for an award.
Please note: you will automatically be entered into the competition for the Full Award, unless you state otherwise in your application.
The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £19,237 (tbc) per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance).
This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.
Due consideration should be given to financing your studies. Further information on cost of living
Alemani, C. (eds) 2022. The Milk of Dreams, Venice; La Biennale di Venezia Bracken, C. 2016. Irish Feminist Futures. London; Routledge.
Clancy, M. 2012. ‘Painting, Gender and Space: Contemporary Women’s Painting in Context’. Women’s Studies, Vol 41 (8), pp. 959-975. (forthcoming)
Clancy, M. 2022. ‘The Thinking I: Self, Materiality and Paint Practice’, in Teaching Painting: Painting the New. London; Cambridge Scholar Press.
Graw, I. (eds) 2016. Painting Beyond Itself: The Medium in the Post-medium Condition. Frankfurt am Main; Steinberg Press
Karnes, A. (eds) 2022. Women Painting Women. Texas; Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth.
Oren, T, and Press, A. (eds) 2019. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminism. London; Routledge.
Submission deadline
Monday 27 February 2023
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Interview Date
Weeks commencing 3 April and 17 April 2023
Preferred student start date
18 September 2023
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