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John Noel Smith

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John Noel Smith
Born1952 (age 72–73)
NationalityIrish
Alma materDún Laoghaire College of Art and Design
Berlin University of the Arts
Known forOil painting
MovementAbstract expressionism
ElectedAosdána
Websitejohnnoelsmith.com
German Requiem I and II by Smith, 2014–15, on display in the Hamilton Gallery.

John Noel Smith (born 1952) is an Irish painter.[1] He is a member of Aosdána.[2]

Early life

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Smith was born in Dublin in 1952.[3]

Career

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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

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  1. ^ "Oil paint can imitate anything but John Noel Smith pushes it beyond mimicry". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ "John Noel Smith". Aosdána.
  3. ^ "John Noel Smith, Irish Artist".
  4. ^ "John Noel Smith".
  5. ^ "John Noel Smith". IMMA.
  6. ^ "John Noel Smith auction results at Whyte's Art Auctions". Whyte's.
  7. ^ "About – John Noel Smith".
  8. ^ "John Noel Smith 1952 - , Irish Artist". adams.ie.
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