1984     
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting

József Bullás is the painter of blurred shadows and repetitive patterns. The consciously controlled and precisely executed technique are, what give the uniqueness and unrepeatable character to his paintings. He is able to depict the relations of light and shadow in such way, that One feels as if our senses were completely shaded. 
The primary subject of Bullás’s complex paintings is in fact its creation. He always works within particular constraints while planning and executing a work, however, nowadays chance also became part of his working process. He paints several layers on his canvases while completing the desired composition, in which motion and balance emerge within a beautifully abstract texture. Bullás makes us question perception and reality, as well the language and traditions of abstract painting.

2021     
Rolling Colors, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2020   
Light Layers, Ybl Buda Creative House, Budapest, Hungary
Light Layers (with Péter Borkovics), Dubniczay Palace/Castle Gallery, Veszprém, Hungary

2019     
Timewheel, M21 Gallery, Pécs, Hungary

2018     
Timewheel, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
V Moaré, Három Hét Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2016     
Hard Edge - Soft Edge, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2015     
Paintings, European House of Art in Upper Bavaria, Germany

2014     
Syncretic Colortreatment, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2013     
Pourquoi Les Fleurs Sont Plus Belles Ici ?, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Paris, France

2011     
H Op Geo, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2010     
Prestige Gallery (with András Bernát), Budapest, Hungary

2009     
New Pictures (Synthesis), Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2008     
Refractions, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, USA
Közelítés Gallery, Pécs, Hungary

2007     
Dazzle, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2005     
Társalgó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, USA
Castle Gallery, Kuressaare, Estonia
Contemporary Museum, Pärnu, Estonia
Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2004     
Hungarian Institute, Tallin, Estonia
U Galleri, Helsinki, Finnland
K. Petrys Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, Germany

2003     
Pál Gyula Room, Budapest, Hungary
Vadnai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2002     
Vadnai Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

2001     
Edge Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

1999   
Astra Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary

1998     
Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Polgár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

1994     
Vigadó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Cultural Institute of France, Budapest, Hungary

1993     
Gulácsy Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

1992     
Gulácsy Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

1990     
Stúdió Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

1988     
Zichy Castle, Budapest, Hungary
Exhibition Hall of Collegium Bercsényi, Budapest, Hungary

1985     
DOTE Gallery, Debrecen, Hungary

2019     
BAUHAUS 100, Vasarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Bauhaus 100, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary

2018     
From 9 studios, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Dinamic intensions, Bánffy Palace, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2017     
Medium conjurors, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Light positions, Rómer Flóris Museum of Arts and History, Győr, Hungary
Al passo con i tempi / In step, Hungarian Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy

2016     
Color intensity, M21 Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
Reflections in flat/in space, B55 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2015     
Thoughts about the black square, Vasarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Third type of encounters, GWB, Budapest, Hungary
European 2.0, 1985-2015, Fészek Gallery, Neon Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2014     
On Paper, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2013     
Kepes Center, Eger, Hungary

2010     
Non-Figurative Malerei: Ruhrgebeit Trifft Ungarn, Oberhausen, Zentrum Altenberg
Art Fanatics, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

2009     
Geomix, B55 Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
Ungarische Kunst Der 1970er Bis 1990er Jahre, Neuen Galerie, Graz, Austria
Agóra Digitáliában, Olof Palme House, Budapest, Hungary
Abstract and Erotic, B55 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2008     
10 years, Anniversary exhibition, Erika Deak Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Music-Picture.Music, Virág Judit Gallery and Auctionhouse, Budapest, Hungary

2007     
Independent painting, Virág Judit Gallery and Auctionhouse, Budapest, Hungary

2006     
Normatives, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
The Road 1956-2006, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

2005     
A week long, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Selfportrait, 2b Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2004     
Eight Hungarain Painter, Residence of the Hungarian Ambassador, Washington, USA
Hungarain Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Washington, USA

2003     
ICA-D, Contemporary Institute of Arts, Dunaújváros, Hungary
MEO – Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest, Hungary

2002     
Homogene, Carde Rouge Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary Private Collections, Godot Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2001     
Flag, Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Allegories of painting, Ateliers Pro Arts, Budapest,Hungary

2000     
Painting, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

1999     
Pattern, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

1998     
Pendant, City Museum Szombathely, Hungary

1997     
oil/canvas, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

1995     
Hungarian Cultural Days, Murten, Switzerland
Inspired by the East, Sándor Palace, Budapest, Hungary

1993   
Contemporary Art in Hungary, Shopia Antipolis, Bulgaria

1992     
Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Germany

1991     
CorelDraw, Computer Festival, Ottawa, Canada

1990     
Seven Artists, Ethnography Museum, Budapest, Hungary     
Stúdió ’90, Budapest, Hungary

1989     
Hungarian art from the 80’s, City Museum, Passau, Germany
Derkovits-fellowships winners, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
New Sensibility, Berlin, Germany

1988     
New Sensibility, Sofia, Bulgaria
Derkovits-fellowships winners, City Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
New Hungarian painting, Brno, Karlovy Vary, Prague, Czech Republic
Drawing, Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Stúdió ’88, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary

1987     
New Sensibility IV., City Museum, Pécs,Hungary
Biblioteca Communale: Vecchi Sentimenti, Tuscania, Italia
Art Computer, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Alte Gefühle, Galerie Knoll, Wien, Aaustria
Exhibiton of the Studio of the Young Artists Association, Warsawa, Wroclav, Gdansk

1986     
Picture of the minute - Three generations of Hungarain painters, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Eklektika ’85, Hungarain National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
European, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Plein air, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

1985     
New Sensibility III., Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
XVIII. Sau Paolo Biennial, Brasil
XX. National Painting Weeks, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
De Europesche, Akademie voor Beldende Kunstem, Arnheim, Netherland
Three generations of Hungarain painters, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
Freshly painted, New waves of the Hungarian painters, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary

1983     
City Museum, Miskolc,Hungary

 

2014     
NKA Featured Artist Sponsorship

2012     
Vasarely Foundation, Aix-en Provence

2011     
Victor Vasarely Scholarship, Paris   
 
2008     
Munkácsy Mihály Prize

2005     
Kunsthalle Painting Award

1999     
Collegium Hungaricum Scholarship

1997     
Kunststipendium Der Stadt Frankfurt

1992     
Prix Ars Electronica Computergraphic, Anerkeannung

1987     
Stúdio Award
Derkovits Prize for Painting

1986     
Scolarship of the Soros Foundation of the Hungarian Academy of Science     
Derkovits Scholarship

1985     
XX. Internationale Malerwochen In Der Steiermark, Graz

1984     
Hermann Lipót Award

Hungarian Ministry of Culture, Budapest
István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár
Janus Pannonius Museum, Modern Magyar Képtár, Pécs
Neue Galerie, Graz
Békéscsabai Megyei Könyvtár, Békéscsaba
Szombathelyi Képtár, Szombathely
Unilever, Budapest
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Raiffeisen Bank, Budapest
Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest
Rómer Flóris History and Culture Museum, Győr