Paul Noble | the artist

British artist Paul Noble has received widespread international recognition for his monumental eight-year project – the meticulous depiction of a fictional city called Nobson Newtown. Noble is a master draughtsman, whose wall-sized drawings offer aerial perspectives over a fantastical cityscape that echoes the visionary ethos of projects such as the Garden City Movement. The exhibition in the Upper Galleries is the most extensive presentation of Paul Noble’s work to be held in Britain to date…

Paul Noble produces paintings, drawings, photographs, constructions,  installations, and also publishes small books. Much of his art consists of unfinished series of primarily imaginative content. His most ambitious project, which has been in progress since 1995, involves the urban planning of an imaginary city and its immediate vicinity called Nobsontown…Paul Noble produces paintings, drawings, photographs, constructions,  installations, and also publishes small books. Much of his art consists of unfinished series of primarily imaginative content. His most ambitious project, which has been in progress since 1995, involves the urban planning of an imaginary city and its immediate vicinity called Nobsontown….

He was one of five founding members of City Racing, an influential artists’ space in London (1988-98), where he showed in 1990…

Biography