| 2025 | Obstacle course for an Optimist, Galerie Born, Berlin, Germany |
| 2025 | Obstacle course for a Pragmatist, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2023 | Five Decades, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2023 | Transmodern, Galerie Born Berlin, Germany |
| 2022 | Transmodern, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 2021 | Didymus/Multipolar/Passage, Farmleigh Gallery, OPW, Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2021 | Passage, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2022-23 | New Acquisitions, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2022 | In and of itself, abstraction in the age of images, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2020 | Winter exhibition, Galerie Born Darss, Germany |
| 2019 | Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2019 | Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 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 |
| 2013-2014 | London Art Fair, UK, Waterhouse & Dodd, London |
| 2013 | Art Miami, Miami USA, Waterhouse & Dodd, London |
| 2013 | LA Art Show, Los Angeles, USA, Waterhouse & Dodd, London |
| 2012 | Scope Basel, Waterhouse & Dodd, London |
| 2011-2018 | Vue, Royal Hibernian Academy, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2008-2009 | IDA, Royal Dublin Society, Ireland, Hillsboro Fine Art and Fenderesky Gallery |
| 2007 | Art-Miami, Florida, USA, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin |
| 2003 | London Art Fair, UK, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
| 2002 | Armory Show, New York, USA, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
| 2000-2002 | Art Fair Cologne, Germany, Green On Red, Dublin |
| 1999-2003 | Chicago Art Fair, USA, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
| 1999-2003 | London Art Fair, UK, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
| 1999 | Art 1999, Chicago, USA, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
| 1986 | Kunstmesse Basel, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm |
| 1986 | Art Fair Cologne, Germany, Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin |
| 1984-1985 | Kunstmesse Basel, Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm |
| 1984-1990 | Art Fair Cologne, Germany, Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin |
| 1984-1992 | Art Fair Stockholm, Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm |
| 1991-1993 | Art Fair Cologne, Germany, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin |
| 1996-1998 | European Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin |
| 1983 | London Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm |
| 2014 | Irish Embassy, Berlin, Galerie Bartsch Munich |
| 2005 | Bursary An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Arts Council of Ireland |
| 2005 | Elected to Aosdána |
| 2002 | Nissan Prize, RHA, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2000 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2000 | Bursary An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Arts Council of Ireland |
| 1998 | Aer Lingus, Transport Sponsorship, Temple Bar Gallery |
| 1996 | Deutsche Lufthansa, Transport Sponsorship |
| 1993 | Bursary An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Arts Council of Ireland |
| 1990 | Aer Lingus, Transport Sponsorship, RHK (IMMA) |
| 1982 | Bursary An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Arts Council of Ireland |
| 1980 | DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), Stipendium, Berlin |
| 1977 | Project Award, An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Arts Council of Ireland |
| 1977 | Alice Hammerschlag Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| Dublin City Gallery – The Hugh Lane, Ireland |
| The Irish Museum of Modern Art, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland |
| Berlinische Galerie Museum of Modern Art, Photography & Architecture, Berlin, Germany |
| Senatskanzlei Kulturelle Angelegenheiten, Berlin, Germany |
| The Arts Council of Ireland, An Chomhairle Ealaion |
| The Office of Public Works, Ireland |
| Wexford County Council, Wexford, Ireland |
| The National Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick, Ireland |