Biography
Born in Dublin in 1952, John Noel Smith attended Dun Laoghaire School of Art followed by postgraduate studies at der Universität der Künste Berlin. He lived in Berlin for twenty two years where he was an important member of its vibrant art community, returning to Ireland in 2002. He has exhibited internationally since 1980. His work forms part of important public, private and corporate collections. He is a member of Aosdána.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 John Noel Smith: Transmodern, Galerie Born, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2020 Multipolar, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Multipolar, Irish Embassy Berlin, Germany
2019 Malerei, Galerie Bartsch, Munich, Germany
2019 Malerei, Galerie Born, Berlin, Germany
2017 Moving Lines, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Selected Works 1993-2015, Wexford County Hall, Wexford, Ireland
2016 New Works, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2015 Bilderstreit, German Requiem, Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin, Ireland
2015 Gnosis, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Mehr ist Mehr, Galerie Stefan Bartsch, Munich, Germany
2013 Tower Buttress and String Ogham, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2012 United Field Paintings, Konsthallen Hishult, Sweden
2012 John Noel Smith and Anthony Caro, Waterhouse & Dodd, London, England
2012 Palimpsest, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland
2011 John Noel Smith, Fendersky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2011 The Fold, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
2011 The Fold, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2010 Studies in Paint: Jonathan Lasker and John Noel Smith, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2009 Pandect Series, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2008 New Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2008 Liliform/UFP, VEC Wexford, Ireland
2008 New Paintings, J. Cacciola Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
2007 Liliform, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Fenderesky Gallery,Belfast, Northern Ireland
2007 Sligo Art Centre, Sligo, Ireland
2007 Vangard Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2005 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2005 Fenderesky Gallery,Belfast, Northern Ireland
2005 Garter Lane Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
2005 Éigse Art Festival, Carlow, Ireland
2004 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2002 Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2002 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin,Ireland
2000 Irish Embassy Berlin, Germany
1999 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1999 Galerie Großkinski Brümmer, Karlsruhe, Germany
1999 Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1998 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
1998 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1997 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1996 Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1996 Galerie Großkinski Brümmer, Karlsruhe, Germany
1996 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
1994 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
1993 DIN Haus Der Normung, Berlin, Germany
1992 Galleri Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1991 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
1991 Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1990 Royal Hospital Kilmainham, (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin, Ireland
1989 Gallery Eleni Koroneou, Athens, Greece
1989 Galerie Clemens, Aarhus, Denmark
1989 Galerie Lars Bohman (Galleri 16), Stockholm, Sweden
1989 Galerie Pilou Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988 Gallerie Folker Skulima, Berlin Germany
1987 Galerie Van Alom, Berlin, Germany
1987 Galerie Tempo, Stockholm, Sweden
1987 Galerie 16, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany
1986 Galerie Clemens, Aarhus, Denmark
1985 Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1985 Galerie 16, Stockholm, Sweden
1984 Galerie Wallner, Malmö, Sweden
1983 Galerie 16, Stockholm, Sweden
1983 Project Art Centre, Dublin, Ireland
1982 Galerie Wallner, Malmö, Sweden
1982 Peacock Theatre Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1980 Triskel Art Centre, Cork, Ireland
1978 Project Art Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 In & of Itself – Abstraction in the age of images,RHA, Dublin
2021 Didymus/Multipolar/Passage, Farmleigh Gallery, Phoenix Park, Ireland
2021 Passage, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2020 Winter exhibition, Galerie Born Darss, Germany
2019 Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2019 Mór 2019, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2018 MÓR 2018, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2018 Jens Jensen & John Noel Smith, Galerie Born, Darss, Born, German
2018 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2018 Jens Jensen – John Noel Smith, Galerie Born, Germany
2016 Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2015 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2011 Inaugural Exhibition, St Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
2011 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2010 Éigse Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland
2009 Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
2008-2015 Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Substrata (with Sean Shanahan and Charles Tyrell), Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
2006-2015 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2006 Inaugural, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
2006 Collectors Collections, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2006 Other Visions, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, England
2006 Painting by other Means, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales, UK
2005 Siar 50, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
2005 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2005 Summer Group Exhibition, Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2005 Garden of Earthly Delights, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
2004-2005 Inaugural Exhibition, Berlinische Galerie, State Museum for Modern Art, Berlin, Germany
2004 Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004 In the Time of Shaking: Irish Artists for Amnesty International, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2003 Colour Chart, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2002 Works On Paper 2002, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2000 Insight, Ennistymon, Ireland
1999 Contemporary Works on Paper, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1998 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Ireland
1998-1999 Small Works, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1998 Schwarz/Weiss, Galerie Volker Diehl and Galerie Van Alom, Berlin, Germany
1997 Chalk Circle, Galerie Michael Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
1997 Small Paintings, Gallery Green On Red, Dublin, Ireland
1996 Galerie Großkinski Brümmer, Karlsruhe, Germany
1994 Kunst in Europa – 16 Artists in Germany, Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany
1993-1994 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
1992 Galerie Biemolds, Groningen, Holland
1991 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
1989 Berliner Tagebuch, Traveling Exhibition, Germany/Spain
1986 Galerie Clemens, Aarhus, Denmark
1986 Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany
1985 Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden
1984 Berlin 84 Malerei, Galerie Garage, Berlin, Germany
1983 University Collage, UCD, Dublin, Ireland
1983-1989 Galerie 16, Stockholm, Sweden
1983 Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung, Berlin, Germany
1979-1980 Oireachteas Art Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
1979 Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin, Ireland