Kim Noble

Kim from the age of 14 years old has spent 20 years in and out of hospital until she made contact with Dr Valerie Sinason and Dr Rob Hale at the Tavistock and Portman Clinics. 16 years ago she began therapy and was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (formally multiple personality disorder). D.I.D is a creative way to cope with unbearable pain. The main personality splits into several parts each having an amnesic barrier between them. It is a conventional disorder but Kim has had extensive tests over 2 years by leading psychology professor at UCL, John Morton , who has established there is no memory between the personalities and that she represents the British gold standard over genuine Dissociation. With no formal art training, Kim and 12 of her personalities (alters) became interested in painting in 2004 after spending a short time with an art therapist. These 12 artists each have their own distinctive style, colour and themes, ranging from solitary desert scenes, to sea scenes to abstracts, collages and paintings with traumatic content. Many are unaware that they share a body with other artists. Kim was the first Artist in Residence at Springfield Hospital, Tooting, London.The face above is a sculpture in cl...

Solo Exhibitions

Refractions Ortus Arts Camberwell London 03.02.2016 – 03.08.2016
Many Faces The Tavistock Centre, 120 Belsize Lane NW35BA 07.04.2014 - 09.05.2014
One of Many, Bethlem Gallery 10.11.2011
Oprah Winfrey Show Studio America 08.08.2010
Out of ArtIk ben ik (I am who I am) Het Glazen Huis Amsterdam 03.12.09
Galerie Atelier Herenplaats rotterdam 11.09.09
Goldsmiths London 26.01.2009
All from One Novas Gallery London Bridge11.04.2008
Outsider Art gallery in "Colonia Nova" November 2007
Art Multiplied Daffodil Art Springfield Hospital Tooting London 18.09.2007
Europa Gallery Sutton 09.10.2007
About my Shadows Open Studio Gallery Brighton, 21.07.2007
Round and About my Shadows Brighton Fringe Festival, Open Studios Gallery, Brighton 11.05.2007
London Art House, Britannia Row, Islington 02.02.2007
Raw Arts Festival, Valencia, Spain. October 2006
“Celebrating Nursing" Fairfield Halls, Croydon 26.05.2006
Me and My Shadows, Lauderdale House, Highgate 15.04.2006
Double Take Putney Arts Theatre, Putney 10.10.2005
Unknown Conversations with My Selves, Pepperton Gallery London 24.09.2005
Artist in Resident at Daffodil Arts Centre Springfield Hospital, Tooting 03.09.2005
Multiple Choice, Burgh Ho...