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Assoc Prof Beata Batorowicz

Assoc Prof Beata Batorowicz
Name Beata Batorowicz
Position Associate Professor (Spatial Construction - Visual Arts)
Section School of Creative Arts
Office A215
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1115
Extension 1115
Email
Qualifications BVisArt USQ , DVisArt Griffith
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/8115x/a-pr-beata-batorowicz;
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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. Her 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 (2022), 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


  • Art Theory and Criticism not elsewhere classified ( 190199 )
  • Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified ( 190599 )
  • Visual Arts not elsewhere classified ( 360699 )
  • Art History ( 360199 )
  • Visual Arts ( 360600 )
  • Art History ( 360100 )
  • Art History ( 360102 )
  • Art Criticism ( 360101 )
  • Visual Cultures ( 360104 )
  • Art Theory ( 360103 )
  • Fine Arts ( 360602 )
  • Photography ( 360604 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Creative Arts ( 390101 )
  • Crafts ( 360601 )

Contemporary Art, The role of narratives, mythology and fairytales within Western Art History, Cultural Theory, Feminist Theory, WWII history and creativity, creative resilience and immigration, practice-led research methodologies.


Australia Council for Deans and Directors of Creative Art Executive Board Member (2022 - Present)
Editorial Member, American Journal of Art and Design


2014 - Current Member of Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, South Australia.
2011 – Current Member of Artisan Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland.
2013 – Current Member of Institute of Modern Art, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland.
2010 – Current Member of Flying Arts Alliance, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, Queensland


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

Teaching Award Recipient: USQ Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2016)


20 Years


Associate Head (Research and Research Training), School of Creative Arts


  • Art Theory and Criticism not elsewhere classified ( 190199 )
  • Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified ( 190599 )
  • Visual Arts not elsewhere classified ( 360699 )
  • Art History ( 360199 )
  • Visual Arts ( 360600 )
  • Art History ( 360100 )
  • Art History ( 360102 )
  • Art Criticism ( 360101 )
  • Visual Cultures ( 360104 )
  • Art Theory ( 360103 )
  • Fine Arts ( 360602 )
  • Photography ( 360604 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Creative Arts ( 390101 )
  • Crafts ( 360601 )