Moran Sheleg

Moran Sheleg is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of History and Art History, University of East Anglia, affiliated with the Art History and World Art Studies research group. Her work bridges modern and contemporary art with theoretical and historical inquiry.

Her research centers on abstract painting, drawing practices beyond the page, and the intersections between art and autobiography. With a PhD from UCL (2017), she has contributed to journals like Oxford Art Journal and Journal of Contemporary Painting, as well as publications by Tate and White Cube.

Her recent publications include the edited volume Lifework: On the Autobiographical Impulse in Contemporary Art, Writing and Theory (2024) and a forthcoming monograph on Ad Reinhardt (MIT Press). Her current project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, investigates Saul Steinberg’s expanded drawing and its implications for modernism.

The themes across her publications reflect sustained engagement with modernism, abstraction, the body in art, and interdisciplinary methodologies. Her work often connects visual form with autobiographical and theoretical frameworks.

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

She has supervised or mentored emerging scholars through her editorial and collaborative projects, though no formal advisees are listed. Her research is supported by competitive external funding, notably from the Leverhulme Trust. Future work includes the completion of her monograph on Ad Reinhardt and further exploration of mid-century drawing practices.

She is actively involved in the Art History and World Art Studies research environment at UEA, contributing to scholarly discourse through publications, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary dialogue.