Ria Pratt Kim Noble

Ria has DID and is one of Kim Noble's personalities.
From the age of 14 years old Ria 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. 10 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 Ria 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, Ria 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.
Ria's works takes you into the nightmare world of child ab...

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
Out of ArtIk ben ik (I am who I am)Het Glazen HuisEuropaboulevardAmstelpark 5Amsterdam 3.12.09 - 24.12.09
Galerie Atelier Herenplaats Rotterdam 11.11.09 - Nov. 2009
GoldsmithsLondon 26.01.09
Novas GalleryLondon Bridge11.9.08 - 3.10.08
Dominic Restaurant Gallery, Hampstead London February 2004
Multiple choice Burgh House, Hampstead London June 2005
Artist in Resident at Daffodil Arts Centre, Springfield Hospital, Tooting September 2005
Unknown Conversations with My Selves, Pepperton Gallery London SE25 September 2005
Double Take Putney Arts Theatre, Putney October 2005
Me and My Shadows Lauderdale House, Highgate, London April 2006
London Art HouseBrittania RowIslingtonN116th Feb. 2007
Round and about my shadow Salisbury Jan. 2010 - Feb. 2010
Hastings Museum & Art GalleryJune 2010 - Sept. 2010 Open galleryBrighton ArchesBrighton

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Bethlem Gallery Gallery Christmas Fair Dec. 2...