Lydia Nobles is a New York based conceptual artist critiquing societal constructs that affect gender. Her practice engages identity and storytelling as advocacy by extending subjectivity within abstraction.
Nobles’ current project, As I Sit Waiting, is an ongoing series of sculptures that addresses the issue of abortion access and reproductive advocacy. As I Sit Waiting is a fiscally sponsored project by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
The series has been well received, with selections debuting in solo shows at SPRING/BREAK Art Fair (2023), Field Projects and Ross-Sutton Gallery (2022). This past January, the Brooklyn Museum included two sculptures in 50 Years Since Roe: A Convening on Reproductive Justice: Abortion Stories USA.
Nobles has also been featured in numerous group shows including Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Latchkey Gallery, Conn College, Peep Space, Lump, Border Project Space, and Cindy Rucker Gallery, among others
Her work is recognized in ArtNet News, The New York Times, The Guardian, A Woman’s Thing, hypebae, Paper Mag, HYPERALLERGIC and Smack Mellon’s Hot Picks.
Nobles holds an MFA from Parsons School of Art and Design and a BFA from Moore College of Art and Design with a minor in Textile Design. Nobles’ also earned a certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies from The New School.
Awarded for her achievements and dedication to gender studies, she received the Gender and Sexuality Grant from The New School in 2017.
Recently, Nobles’ completed the artist-in-residence programs at Field Projects, Trestle Art Space and Pink Noise Projects.