John Noel Smith

John Noel Smith is an Irish painter. He is a member of Aosdána.

Early life

Smith was born in Dublin in 1952.

Education and career

Smith studied at the Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design. He then went to Berlin where he worked and lived for 20 years, studying at the Berlin University of the Arts.
He has had numerous solo exhibitions, including one in the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 1990 and the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2002.
Smith's work is abstract and often monochrome, inspired by the Ogham alphabet and Celtic knot.