Born in Dublin in 1952, John Noel Smith attended Dun Laoghaire School of Art followed by postgraduate studies in 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.

Long regarded as one of Ireland’s foremost contemporary painters, this artist’s work forms part of important public, private and corporate collections across the world.

• 2021 Didymus/Multipolar/Passage, Farmleigh Gallery, Phoenix Park, Ireland
• 2021 Passage, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
• 2020 Multipolar, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
• 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, Ireland
• 2015 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 & String Ogham, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
• 2012 United Field Paintings, Konsthallen Hishult, Sweden
• 2012 John Noel Smith and Anthony Caro, Waterhouse and Dodd, London, England
• 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 & John Noel Smith, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
• 2009 Pandect Series, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
• 2009 Works on Paper, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
• 2008 The Painted Path, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
• 2008 New Paintings, J. Cacciola Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
• 2007 Liliform, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
• 2007 Substrata (with Sean Shanahan and Charles Tyrell), Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
• 2006 Inaugural, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
• 2004 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 2004 In the Time of Shaking: Irish Artists for Amnesty International, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
• 2003 Colour Chart, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• 2002 Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 2002 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 1999 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 1998 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 1997 Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 1996 Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 1996 Galerie Grosskinski Brummer, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 1996 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
• 1994 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
• 1993 DIN Haus Der Normung, Berlin, Germany
• 1992 Galerie Biemolds, Groningen, Holland
• 1992 Galleri Leger, Malmö, Sweden
• 1991 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
• 1991 Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1991 Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
• 1990 Royal Hospital Kilmainham, (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Dublin
• 1989 Galerie Eleni Koroneou, Athens, Greece
• 1989 Galleri Clemens, Aarhus, Denmark
• 1989 Galleri Lars Bohman (Galleri 16), Stockholm, Sweden
• 1988 Gallerie Folker Skulima, Berlin Germany
• 1987 Galerie Van Alom, Berlin, Germany
• 1986 Galleri Clemens, Aarhus, Denmark
• 1986 Galeri Folker Skulima, Berlin
• 1985 Galeri Leger, Malmö, Sweden