Pál Gyula Józsa
master instructor
Design Institute
Textile Design BA
master instructor
Fashion and Textile Design MA
master instructor

Pál has been teaching illustration, drawing and plastic art at MOME’s Design Institute since 2008. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of the University of Fine Arts in 1995.

Fields of education
drawing
plastic art
Fields of research
sculpture

Biography

He studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts between 1990 and 1995, graduating in sculpture. He did a master’s at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts between 1995 and 1997. Between 2004 and 2009 he taught sculpture as an external lecturer at the Drawing Department of the Teacher Training College of Nyíregyháza. He has been teaching drawing and plastic art at the Textile Department of MOME since 2009. Since 1993, his work has been regularly displayed in solo exhibitions both in Budapest and elsewhere in Hungary. Since 2006 he has been a member of the Villa Negra Art Association and has regularly participated in the Symposium in Zalaszentgrót. In 2000, he received the Special Prize of the Sculpture Drawing Biennial His public art works can be found in Budapest, Szob and Rimóc.

Educational background:
1995-1997 – MA, Hungarian College of Fine Arts
1990-1995 – Sculpture programme, Hungarian College of Fine Arts
Mentor: Ádám Farkas

Memberships in professional organisations
Member of the sculpture arm of the National Association of Hungarian Artists since 1997

Professional experience
1995 onwards – art therapy associate, Hegyvidék Local Council Developmental Day Care Centre
2009 onwards – Master's lecturer, Design Institute, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
2004-2009 – lecturer, Drawing Department of the Teacher Training College of Nyíregyháza

Group exhibitions
1994 – Szentendre
Red Chapel, Balatonboglár
1995 – Diploma Exhibition (Hungarian College of Fine Arts)
Small Sculpture Biennale, Pécs
1996 – Nadir - Támaszpont Gallery, Budapest
Sculpture Drawing Biennale, Budapest
1998 – Sculpture Drawing Biennale, Budapest
1999 – Valley of Arts, Taliándörögd
2000 – Sculpture Drawing Biennale, Budapest 
2001 – Balaton Museum, Keszthely
2004 – Piliscsaba
2006 – Closing exhibition of the Zalaszentgrót artist's retreat Keszthely
2007 – Closing exhibition of the Zalaszentgrót artist's retreat, Zalaszentgrót
Cast Iron Symposium exhibition, Salgótarján
2008 – Closing exhibition of the Zalaszentgrót artist's retreat, Zalaszentgrót
2011 – Hungarian Cultural Center Brussels, Eger, Zalaszentgrót
Exhibition of the Villa Negra Art Association, Olof Palme House, Budapest
2012 – Pécs Gallery, Pécs
2015 – Barcsay Hall, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2015 – Here and Now - Fine Arts National Salon

Solo exhibitions
1993 – Jókai Klub, Budapest
1996 – jointly with Ilona Árva, Fonyód
2005 – Local History Museum, Fonyód
2007 – Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest
Ecumenical School, Piliscsaba
2009 – Balatongyörök
2014 – Parthenon Frieze Hall, Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Public artworks
2004 – Crossing, Szob
2005 – Stone Cross, Rimóc
2012 – bronze sculpture, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest
Stone Sculptor Symposium, artist's retreat
2004 – Verőce
2005 – Verőce
2006 – Zalaszentgrót
2007 – Zalaszentgrót
Cast Iron Symposium, Salgótarján
2008–2020 – Zalaszentgrót artist's retreat

Awards, recognition

Sculpture Drawing Biennale 2000

special prize

Achievements

Member of the European
Network of
Innovative
Higher Education Institutions
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