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Alex Diamond
Alex Diamond is the name of an art project which was established in 2004 by the Hamburg artist and owner of the gallery heliumcowboy (2002-2013) Jörg Heikhaus. It was originally intended to hide all direct connections to the artist himself to question the conditions of creating identity. Furthermore, the project was designed to test whether an artist can be successful without a specific cult of personality. At the beginning of 2010 Jörg Heikhaus decided to uncover the real artist behind the project and since then he has used the name "Alex Diamond" as a pseudonym.

Work
Alex Diamond's work is primarily focused on the material wood, as well as a reduced colour design. Both can be found throughout all his wooden installations, furniture, carvings and woodprints. The traditional Japanese woodcut technique has inspired him and the main part of his art is centred around wood carvings which can be characterized by their dynamic structures and figures.

Solo-Exhibitions

 * Desirecologne, Gallery: Die Kunstagentin, Cologne, Germany 2013
 * Psychonoisedesire, Gallery: heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, Germany 2012
 * You Can Have Your Cake, But You Can’t Touch The Icing, Buchholz, Germany, 2012
 * The Alex Diamond Mining Company, Vicious Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 2011
 * Into the Night / 01, Nice/Nice Gallery, Hannover, Germany, 2011
 * Damage:Control, Factory Fresh, New York, USA, 2010
 * Don’t worry ’bout a thing 2, Demon Circus, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 2010
 * Don’t worry ’bout a thing 1, Being Alex Diamond, Gallery: heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, Germany, 2009
 * SCOPE Art Fair New York, solo fair stand with heliumcowboy artspace, New York, USA, 2008
 * Love Me With A Gun To My Head, Gallery: heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, Germany, 2007
 * Gold, Kinder!, Gallery: heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, Germany, 2005
 * Alex Diamond’s Strange Sofa, Gallery: heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, Germany, 2004

Group-Exhibitions(selection)

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

List of Publications (selection)

 * The Alex Diamond Mining Company, published by GUDBERG, Hamburg, 2012
 * Don’t Worry ‘bout A Thing! (Being Alex Diamond), published by GUDBERG, Hamburg, 2009
 * Love Me With A Gun To My Head, exhibition catalogue, heliumcowboy artspace, Hamburg, 2007