PhD Programme in Fine Arts
KOKOFK01, 240 credits
Malmö Art Academy offers a four-year doctoral programme for professional artists and curators leading to a PhD in Fine Art. The programme is the first of its kind in Sweden and the country's first doctors in Fine Art - Matts Leiderstam, Sopowan Boonnimitra and Miya Yoshida, graduated from the Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, in 2006. Since then, a number of renowned artists and curators have completed their doctorates, including Julie Ault, Frans Jacobi, Simon Sheikh, Rosa Barba, Marion von Osten, Alejandro Cesarco and Lea Porsager. All of their thesis’ are available on this website.
The training is experimental and highly individualised, focusing on identifying, understanding and developing artistic thinking as a specialised field of knowledge. The programme is based on artistic knowledge and artistic work. The emphasis of the studies is on independent artistic development work. The artistic work is both object and method. The study of reflective or theoretical content is not an end in itself, but a means of artistic development.
The programme is based on artistic knowledge and artistic work.
Professor Gertrud Sandqvist is responsible for the programme. Supervisors during the PhD are chosen in consultation with the doctoral student, who may have two supervisors, a main supervisor and a secondary supervisor. The doctoral students meet at least twice a term for seminars. At the seminars, all participants present updates on their research projects. Participants respond to each other's updates together with participating supervisors.
During three level-enhancing seminars, after 50, 75 and 90% of studies respectively, an external assessor reviews the PhD student's project. The external assessor is the same for all level seminars and also participates in the examining committee at the public defense. The external examiner can be an artist or an academic and is chosen in accordance with the doctoral student's research project. The programme is divided into different seminars/courses/courses of 60 credits, and a documented research project of 180 credits.
Contact
Gertrud Sandqvist
Supervisor
Phone: +46 40 32 57 06
Email: gertrud [dot] sandqvist [at] khm [dot] lu [dot] se (gertrud[dot]sandqvist[at]khm[dot]lu[dot]se)