Alastair Noble

Alastair Noble was born in Liverpool in 1954. He studied at Hull College of Art (1972-75) then moved to the United States in 1975, where he took an MFA degree at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (1875-77). On graduating he moved to New York where he has since lived, although he currently divides his time between that city and Cornell University at Ithaca, where he is a visiting professor.

Noble is an object maker and installation artist. Poetry has inspired much of his work. Early sculptures were based in architecture and influenced by ancient archaeological sites ...