Alex Diamond‘ was initiated as a stand-alone art project by Jörg Heikhaus in 2004. Although it has outlived its original intent, it has become his stage name as an artist.
Essentially being a determined and straightforward storyteller, most of his artwork can be seen as an exploration of contemporary culture and its recurring social recognition patterns, with strong references to popular content and aesthetics.
Known for skillfully employing a vast variety of different techniques and crafts over the years, the majority of his oeuvre today consists of his distinctive trademark woodwork: multi-layered, meticulously and highly detailed sculptural woodcuts, blended with diverse painting and pigmenting styles.
Jörg has been an artist since 1987. He founded the internationally acclaimed heliumcowboy gallery in 2002 as a unique place to show and experience art. In 2020 his son Melvin took over the gallery, so Jörg can focus 100% on his art.
Today he spends most of his time creating his complex woodwork in one of his studios – one in Hamburg that is attached to the gallery space and that he he built from vintage wood or the one in his old farmhouse in the remote countryside way up in the North of Germany. In 2020 he launched the experimental, abstract side project “F. van Kreuzen (FvK)”.
CURRENT EXHIBITION:
Alex Diamond X F. van Kreuzen
They all must be slaughtered
December 8 – March 02, 2024
LATE VIEW: January 25, 2 – 9 pm
At: The MISSION
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12.23 - 03.24: They all must be slaughtered | Exhibition Views & Vernissage Photos | The MISSION (s0lo)
06.22: It’s all good. | Exhibition Views & Vernisage | Soft Opening | Dinner at Barlach Halle K, 06.2022 (solo)
06.21 F.T.S. (solo - triple header with Boris Hoppek & Jens Rausch)
11.18: Kind, gentle and fully dressed (solo)
11.17: Weapons of Mass Seduction #2 | Vernissage | Exhibition views (with Victor Castillo - double header)
10.17: The Dirty Hands of Alex Diamond (Artist Beer Launch & Exhibition - solo)
12.14: #heliumcowboytakeover with Elmar Lause (for Mercedes Benz, double header & public carving)
09.14: Weapons of Mass Seduction #1 | Vernissage | Exhibition Views (with Victor Castillo - double header)
11.12: PSYCHO NOISE DESIRE: Vernissage | Exhibition Views | Setting up (triple header with ADAMEVA & Jo Fischer)
01.12.: The Alex Diamond Mining Company at Kunstverein Buchholz (solo)
10.11: Into the Night - The Alex Diamond Mining Company in Hanover (solo)
02.10: Demon Circus (at Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona - solo)
10.09: Don’t worry ‘bout a thing (solo)
03.08: SCOPE New York Solo Presentation
11.07: Love me with a gun to my head (solo)
11.05: Gold, Kinder! (solo)
03.04: Alex Diamond’s Strange Sofa (solo)
11.22: Back to the Future (group: 20 year heliumcowboy anniversary show)
10.19: Lass ma cornern (Kiosk - group)
05.18: CRISP (curated with Rune Christensen - group)
03.18: Hello My Dear (group)
07.17: COWBOYLAND Vernissage | Exhibition Views (15 years heliumcowboy - group)
11.16: Mist of Madness (curated by Rasmus Fischer / Gallery Wolfsen, DK - group)
09.15: Art Copenhagen (Pre Enter Art Fair - group)
03.15: SCOPE Art Basel (group)
09.14: Weapons of Mass Seduction #1 | Vernissage | Exhibition Views (with Victor Castillo - double header)
10.10: Preview Art Fair Berlin | by Jo Fischer | Set up & Fair (art fair - group)
09.10: Mountain to Surf | Set up & Dinner | Exhibition Views (opening of new heliumcowboy space - group)
06.09: Nachschlag (No New Enemies - group)
01.09: Das Herz von St. Pauli - at Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona (group)
07.08: 5 (6) years anniversary show heliumcowboy | Exhibiton views | Vernissage | Setting up (group)
05.08: No New Enemies - Le Botanique Museum Brussels (group)
02.08: The Helping Hounds of Hell (group)
This is a selection only. If you are interested in additional artwork, please get in touch for either a personal appointment at the gallery or a portfolio of available work.
