John Noel Smith
John Noel Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) |
| Alma mater | Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design Berlin University of the Arts |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | Oil painting |
| Movement | [contemporary art] |
| Elected | Aosdána |
| Website | johnnoelsmith |
John Noel Smith (born 1952) is an Irish painter.[1] He is a member of Aosdána.[2]
Early life
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.[4][5]
He has had numerous solo exhibitions, including one in the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 1990 and the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2002.[6]
Smith's work is abstract and often monochrome, inspired by the Ogham alphabet and Celtic knot.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Oil paint can imitate anything but John Noel Smith pushes it beyond mimicry". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "John Noel Smith". Aosdána.
- ↑ "John Noel Smith, Irish Artist".
- ↑ "John Noel Smith".
- ↑ "John Noel Smith". Irish Museum of Modern Art.
- ↑ "John Noel Smith auction results at Whyte's Art Auctions". Whyte's.
- ↑ "About – John Noel Smith".
- ↑ "John Noel Smith 1952 - , Irish Artist". adams.ie.
External links
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Irish painters
- 21st-century Irish painters
- Alumni of Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
- Aosdána members
- Berlin University of the Arts alumni
- Irish contemporary artists
- Irish expatriates in Germany
- Painters from Berlin
- Painters from Dublin (city)
- 21st-century Irish male painters
- 20th-century Irish male painters