‚Alex Diamond‘ was initiated as a stand-alone, conceptual art project by Jörg Heikhaus in 2004. Although it outlived its original intent with the release of the book and the exhibition series „Don’t worry about a thing / Being Alex Diamond“ in 2009 and 2010, it has become Jörg‘s stage name as an artist since.

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.

Essentially being a determined and straightforward storyteller, most of his artwork can be seen as an exploration of our society and culture and its recurring recognition patterns, with strong references to popular content and aesthetics.

A vivid political and social unease can always be felt in the work of Alex Diamond. As an artist, he takes seriously the responsibility to articulate his views on the pressing issues of our time. An anger can be felt, but also hope and an encouragement to change. However, this depth of substance is not necessarily in the aesthetic and thus visible foreground of his work. It rather unfolds like a good song by engaging with melody and rhythm, harmony and disharmony, text and voice.

Jörg has been an artist since 1987. He founded the internationally acclaimed heliumcowboy gallery in 2002 in his small artist studio in Hamburg St. Pauli as a unique place to show and experience art. After reducing his own involvement in the galleries’ program more and more to be able to better focus on his art, he dropped out completely in 2020 and handed over the reigns to his son Melvin Wiebigke-Heikhaus (23), to continue the success story of heliumcowboy with a fresh set of eyes and a young approach to an ever changing art world.

Today Jörg spends most of his time creating his complex woodwork in 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 an experimental, abstract side project under the title “Flaum van Kreuzen (FvK)”.

He also runs the podcast „heliumTALK“ (launched 2018) with interviews from the art world. In 2022, heliumTALK changed its format and is now an open conversation between Jörg and the new gallerist of heliumcowboy, Melvin Heikhaus: A conversation between artist & gallerist, between father and son.

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If you are interested in more information, please feel free to contact my studio. If you are interested in purchasing artwork, please get in touch with one of these galleries:

Galerie heliumcowboy, Hamburg (D):
sales@heliumcowboy.com / +49 40 484 088 60
Artwork Portfolio: Alex Diamond / Flaum van Kreuzen

or

Jonathan LeVine projects
sales@jonathanlevineprojects.com / +1 201 763 6998
Artwork Portfolio

or

Mortal Machine Gallery, New Orleans
Artwork Portfolio

AVAILABLE BOOKS

Find my currently available books at the heliumcowboy online-store or get in touch with my studio.

CATALOGUE 2015 (ONLINE-VIEWER)

Sold out. View here.

Alex Diamond on Instagram

Sometimes I am being asked to make a second edition of a drawing that has already been sold. I never do the same one twice so there is always a twist … this one here is special: I’ve been asked to draw a very specific guitar - the legend

This work is now on display in Portland at Brasswork Gallery as part of their latest show &bdquo;such & such“. Thank you @undergroundrobin and @gregoryhergert.art for the support and the nice tour (swipe to see video. Full video at @brasswo

It has been a wonderful couple of weeks (months really ;)) since my latest exhibition ”They all must be slaughtered” was opened in December 2023. Now it all comes to an end:

Please celebrate with me the Finissage of this very special sh

Framing option ;)

My exhibition is open Wednesday to Friday 2 - 6 pm.

In the rare case that no one should open please call the number provided at the door and @melv12_ rushes over to give you a tour!

Also: Come to the Finissage THURSDAY NEXT WEE

Due to the current shit show regarding people forgetting history and humanity I made some drawings and I made some (free) stickers to spread the word.

And I hope you’ll all be here later today:

Rally against right-wing extremism and neo-Naz

Time for waves and time for tired portraits.

Due to popular demand - here's a new tractor post! Oh, wait. This might be a trigger for some. Just - don't. I only want to show off my vintage vehicle collection, and prove that some things age very well (100+ years in this picture combined). 😉🤠

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