A/Pr Beata Batorowicz
| Name | A/Pr Beata Batorowicz |
|---|---|
| Email Address | beata.batorowicz@unisq.edu.au |
| Job Title | Associate Professor (Spatial Construction - Visual Arts) |
| Qualifications | BVisArt USQ, DVisArt Griffith |
| Department | School of Creative Arts |
| Affiliations | Centre for Heritage and Culture |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-8357 |
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Biography
Beata Batorowicz is the Associate Head (Research and Research Training) and an Associate Professor in Sculpture (Visual Arts) in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Southern Queensland. She is a contemporary artist exhibiting nationally and internationally, and her key touring projects such as Dark Rituals (2018-2019) - partnered with the University of Sunshine Coast Gallery and University of Tasmania Gallery – have secured Australia Council for the Arts funding. Other key project funding include: the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research (2015) and Arts Queensland (2011; 2004). Batorowicz has recently published scholarly work in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education (2023), Futures (2022), Heliyon (2022), Animals (2021), Student Success (2021) and Biography (2020). Batorowicz has been recently appointed on the Australia Council for Deans and Directors of Creative Art Executive Board (2022) and is an Executive Team Leader for the Centre for Heritage and Culture at UniSQ. She is also a recipient of two UniSQ citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2016, 2018). Email: Beata.batorowicz@usq.edu.au ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4915-8357. Website: https://www.beatabatorowicz.com
Expertise
Contemporary Art, Narrative, Art Biography, Trauma, WWII Art Stories, Mythology/Fairy tales in Art, Creative Research in Higher Education
Fields of Research
- 360101. Art criticism
- 360102. Art history
- 360103. Art theory
- 360104. Visual cultures
- 360199. Art history, theory and criticism not elsewhere classified
- 360601. Crafts
- 360602. Fine arts
- 360604. Photography, video and lens-based practice
- 360699. Visual arts not elsewhere classified
- 390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
Professional Membership
| Professional Membership | Year |
|---|---|
| Editorial Member of American Journal of Art and Design - 2023 | |
| Executive Board Member, Deans and Directors of Creative Arts - Since 2022 |
BVisArt
USQ
1996
DVisArt
Griffith
2004
Current Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processing Grief: The Representation of Impermanence and the Metaphysical in Life Narratives Through the Most Archival of Analogue Photographic Techniques | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| The Art of Visual Diction: An analysis of Curatorship¿s disciplinary development in Australia | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| Exploring analogue collage as a reflective place in creative practice | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| Menopause and Returning to Self: Subverting the Transition from Mother to Crone through Contemporary Art Practice | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| Forest Floor Biographia and the Embracing of Impermanence | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| Women in Paramedicine: Exploring the experiences of female paramedics in Australia through creative research methods | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
| Visual Portraits of Educators: Exploring Rural Pedagogical Perspectives on the Value of Visual Arts in Primary Education Through Visual Portraiture | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
| Oceanic Jazz: Creative potentials for fusions of jazz with traditional and regional music of Oceania | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
| Fostering Child Artist Identity in the Home Learning Environment | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
| Notions of the Spook: Recollections and Nostalgia Through Personal Artist Experiences of the Contemporary Australian Landscape | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Completed Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Positions The Role Women Play in Erotic Art | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| Clown-Based Social Work for Child Protection Practice: Transdisciplinary Correlations on Failure | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| Tear My Stillhouse Down: An exploration of collaborative studio practice in record production | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| Travelling Edges: An Immersed Autoethnographic Exploration of The Australian Bush in Art | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| Understanding the Significance of Eating Disorders Through Contemporary Art | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| THE CHALLENGE OF PINK : SUBVERTING THE CURRENT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS PARADIGM THROUGH VISUAL AND ORAL STORYTELLING | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
| Recipes from the gingerbread house: Exploring the witch archetype to address the hidden curriculum in secondary schools | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
| Vegan artist: Exploring the ethical use of animals in contemporary art through a reconsideration of the vegan philosophy | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
| The Mother-Artist Model: Transforming maternal regionalism through art practice and creative communities | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
| Project title | Details | Year |
|---|---|---|
| UniSQ Building Capacity Grant | UniSQ Building Capacity Grant of $15,000 “How Stories Enable Coping in Young People Facing Traumatic Diagnosis” (Chief Investigator) Lead by Prof. Jessica Gildersleeve, School of Humanities and Communication, University of Southern Queensland. | 2022 |
| UniSQ Centre for Health Research, Small Grant | UniSQ Centre for Health Research, Small Grant of $3,000 “Voices from Queensland’s LGBTIQ+ Community: Narrative Analysis of Archival stories”, Collaboration between QAGOMA; Shannon Novak and UniSQ, Project Lead Dr Carol du Plessis. School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland. | 2022 |
| Australia Council for the Arts | Australia Council for the Arts of $44,409 (Chief Investigator) for touring exhibition Dark Rituals, Magical Relics in partnership with University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, University of Saskatchewan, Canada and UniSQ. | 2018 |
| Canadian Government Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Canadian Government Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CA $128,800 for Building Regional Resilience through Social Innovation Research Project. Chief Investigators: A/Prof. Lewis Williams, Dr Amando Apan, Dr Lalita Bharadwaj, A/Prof. Helen Farley and Dr Beata Batorowicz. | 2015 |
| Arts Queensland Government Project Development Grant | Recipient of Arts Queensland Government Project Development Grant of $25,000 (August Round) for Visual Art research project “Tales Within Historical Spaces” in partnership with QUT Art Museum, Wroclaw Art Academy and USQ. | 2011 |
| Arts Queensland Grant | Recipient of Arts Queensland Grant ($4,000) to fund travel to New Zealand to conduct research for Readymade exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. This project involved a collaborative exhibition with the New Zealand artist, Lisa Reihana. | 2004 |