Alex Diamond

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Alex Diamond is the name of an art project that was initiated in 2004 by the Hamburg artist Jörg Heikhaus . Jörg Heikhaus is also the founder of the heliumcowboy gallery (2002 – today) in Hamburg . Until 2010, this project was carried out without a direct connection to the artist himself, which means that it was not known who was behind the pseudonym. The aim of this secrecy was to carry out various self-presentations and to investigate the extent to which an artist can establish himself without an explicit identity. In early 2010, however, the artist gave up anonymity and uses Alex Diamond as a pseudonym . Jörg Heikhaus has also been running the art podcast "heliumTALK" (German & English) since 2017.

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Alex Diamond's work focuses primarily on working with wood. His works are characterized by dynamic figures and strict and reduced coloring, both of which can often be found in the artist's woodcuts, installations, furniture and wood prints. The focus of his artistic activity is the woodcut , which he does not see as a pure printing instrument, but as a work in itself.

Solo exhibitions

  • Kind, gentle and fully dressed , heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2018
  • Desirecologne , Gallery Die Kunstagentin, Cologne, 2013
  • Psychonoisedesire , Galerie heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2012
  • You Can Have Your Cake, But You Can't Touch The Icing , solo exhibition at Kunstverein Buchholz, Buchholz, 2012
  • The Alex Diamond Mining Company , Vicious Gallery, Hamburg, 2011
  • Into the Night / 01 , Nice / Nice Gallery, Hanover, 2011
  • Damage: Control , Factory Fresh, New York, 2010
  • Don't worry 'bout a thing 2, Demon Circus , Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, ​​2010
  • Don't worry 'bout a thing 1, Being Alex Diamond , heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2009
  • SCOPE Art Fair New York , solo booth with heliumcowboy artspace, New York, 2008
  • Love Me With A Gun To My Head , heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2007
  • Gold children! , heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2005
  • Alex Diamond's Strange Sofa , heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2004

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • Wipeout , Viva con Agua Millerntor Gallery 2012, Millerntorstadion , Hamburg, 2012
  • George hearts Maria , heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2012
  • The Helping Hounds Of Hell - art on skateboards , Berlin and Hamburg, 2011
  • Preview Berlin Art Fair , heliumcowboy artspace, Berlin, 2010
  • Mountain to Surf , heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2010
  • Street Art New York - Silent Auction Benefit for Free Arts NYC , Factory Fresh Gallery, New York, 2010
  • VOLTA5 Art Fair Basel , heliumcowboy artspace, Basel, 2009
  • Threesome , Nice Nice Exhibition Space, Hanover, 2009
  • The Heart of St. Pauli , Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, ​​2009
  • SCOPE Art Fair Miami , heliumcowboy artspace, Miami, 2008
  • No New Enemies , Le Musee du Botanique, Brussels, 2008
  • SCOPE Art Fair Miami , heliumcowboy artspace, Miami, 2007
  • SCOPE Art Fair Basel , heliumcowboy artspace, Basel, 2007
  • Don't Wake Daddy , Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, 2007
  • SCOPE Art Fair New York , heliumcowboy artspace, New York, 2007
  • SCOPE Art Fair Miami , heliumcowboy artspace, Miami, 2006

Publications (selection)

  • The Alex Diamond Mining Company, Verlag GUDBERG, Hamburg, 2012
  • Don't Worry 'bout A Thing! (Being Alex Diamond), GUDBERG publishing house, Hamburg, 2009
  • Love Me With A Gun To My Head, exhibition catalog, heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In addition to the classic exhibition space, there is also the Alex Diamond Atelier in the gallery: https://www.heliumcowboy.com/studio
  2. ^ Urban Art Project of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg - Alex Diamond . Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ Homepage of Alex Diamond - About . Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ Article by No New Enemies Network - The Coming Out of Alex Diamond ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nonewenemies.net
  5. ↑ helium talk. Retrieved February 26, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ Kristin Deters: Alex Diamond shows his fantasy worlds in the gallery "Herr Beinlich" . In: Neue Westfälische , August 13, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  7. ^ Blog article on the exhibition Into the Night in Hanover ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 8, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Diamond, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heikhaus, Jörg (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century