Bio
Józef Hałas was born on 7th of January 1927 in Nowy Sącz, died in 2015 in Wrocław.
In 1949 he arrived to Wrocław, where he began his studies at the Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts (former State Higher School of Visual Arts), at first developing his interest associated with the impressionists and Rodin’s sculpture. He graduated from Printing Department under the guidance of Professor Eugeniusz Geppert. Around that time he also joined The Association of Polish Artists and Designers, where he was the Member of the Painting Section Board.
He participated in a ground-breaking National Exhibition of Young Art in Warsaw Arsenal 55’. He was one of the founders of the artistic group „Group X” (1956, Grupa X) and a member of the „Wrocław School” since 1967 known as „Wrocław Group”.
Between 1958 and 2001 he taught at the Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts (between 1962 and 1967 he was a teacher at the High School of Fine Arts in Wrocław), where he created the Department of General Art Education at the Department of Interior Architecture and Design (tutor until 1980).
In 1971 the artist received the title of the Assistant Professor. In 1984-1985 he served as a vice-rector of the Wrocław Fine Arts Academy, and in 1985 he became the Chairman of the faculty of painting and Sculpture (interval in the years 1990-1996). In 1988 received the degree id Associate Professor and became a member of the Council for Higher Education in Arts , and to which he belonged until 1996. In 1990 he was awarded the title of professor.
Józef Hałas was a winner of numerous awards for his teaching activities from of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1995
- Studio Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
1996
- Castle Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
1997
- Art Gallery, Słupsk, Poland
1998
- National Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland
2000
- Opus Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2001
- BWA Awangarda, Wrocław, Poland
2002
- City Art Museum – Town Hall, Wrocław, Poland
2004
- National Museum, Wrocław, Poland
- Museum or Architecture, Worcław. Poland
2005
- National Gallery of Art Zachęta, Warsaw, Poland
2006
- Museum of Architecture, Wrocław, Poland.
2007
- 2nd Floor Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
- BWA, Nowy Sącz, Poland
2008
- Książ Castle, Wałbrzych, Poland
2009
- 2nd Floor Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2010
- Wrocław City Museum, Town Hall, Wrocław, Poland
- 2nd Floor Gallery, Edith Stein House, Wrocław Poland
2011
- Platon Contemporary Art Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2014
- Platon Contemporary Art Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2014/2015
- Mia Art Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2017
- Museum of Architecture, Wrocław, Poland
2023
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
