Jessica Diamond
Jessica Diamond is an American conceptual artist who is known for her wall drawings and installations. She has explored themes of anti-commercialism, social and sexual roles in her artworks.
She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 1979 and her MFA from Columbia University in 1981. She has exhibited her work globally since 1983.
She did a series of wall drawings influenced by and responding to the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.
Exhibitions
2006 - Freud and Contemporary Art; The Collection of the Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY2005 - Monuments For The U.S.A., CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA; travelling, White Columns, New York, NY
2005 - L’Humanite mise a nu et l’art en FRAC, Meme, Oeuvres de la collection du FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2004 - Tenir le fil garder la corde, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
2004 - The Big Nothing, The Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004 - Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
2003 - Gelijk het leven is, Belgian and international art from the collection, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
2003 - Bright Lights Big City, David Zwirner, New York, NY
2003 - Influence, Anxiety and Gratitude, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
2002 - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
2002 - Time is Free, Apexart, New York, NY
2002 - Power, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2002 - From the Observatory, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
2002 - Einfach Kunst, Sammlung Rolf Ricke, Neues Museum, Nurnberg, Germany
2001 - Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
2001 - Televisions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2001 - Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
2001 - L’Esprit de famille, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
2001 - Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2000 - Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
2000 - Le jeu des 7 familles, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 - Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben: Aussstellungsprojekt im Packhof, Hann. Munden, Germany
2000 - Food For The Mind, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, Germany
1999 - Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Holland
1999 - Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
1999 - Zeitwenden, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
1999 - Inaugural Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
1999 - 100 Drawings, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
1999 - Janviers en Bourgogne: Xn 99, Espace des Arts de Chalon-sur-Saône, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
1998 - De beurs van Judocus Vijdt, Kunstkapital in Gent, Bijlokemuseum, Gent, Belgium
1998 - Voor het Verdwijnt en daarna, S.M.A.K. in Watou, Watou, Belgium
1998 - Vera Van Laer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1997 - Le Consortium, Dijon, France
1997 - Heart, Mind, Body, Soul: American Art in the 1990s, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1997 - At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small Scale Art, 1964-1996, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1997 - Arte All’ Arte, organized by Arte Continua and the community of San Gimignano, Italy
1997 - Partito Preso Internazionale, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
1997 - Display, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997 - Topping Out, Stadtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
1997 - Discrimination, Cruelty and Hope: The Anne Frank Project, Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, Michigan
1996 - Avant-premiere d’un Musee - Le Musee d’Art Contemporain de Gand, Institut Neerlandais, Paris, France
1996 - Yayoi Kusama, Jessica Diamond, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
1996 - Deitch Projects, New York, NY
1996 - Galerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland
1996 - RIX, Linkoping, Sweden
1995 - AM Rande der Malerei, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1995 - Ripple Across The Water, Watari-um Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1995 - Altered States, American Art of the 90’s, Forum For Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1994 - Art Unlimited, Multiples of the 1960s and 1990s form the Arts Council Collection, Corner House, Manchester, England
1994 - The Institute of Cultural Anxiety: Works from the Collection, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
1994 - The Century of the Multiple, From Duchamp to the Present, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1994 - The MCA Collection: 1994 Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
1994 - EV+A, Limerick, Ireland
1994 - Wall to Wall, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
1994 - Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden
1993 - Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
1993 - Vierkant, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, Gent, Belgium
1993 - Jessica Diamond, Peter Santino, Galerie Analix, Geneva
1993 - Aperto, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1992 - Irony and Ecstasy: Contemporary American Drawings, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, CT
1992 - 20 Fragile Pieces, Gallery Analix, Geneva
1992 - Just Pathetic, American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
1992 - American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
1991 - Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
1991 - Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1991 - Wealth of Nations, Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
1991 - Les Couleurs de l’Argent, Musee de la Poste, Paris, France
1991 - Das Goldene Zeitalter, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany -
1991 - Words Without Thoughts Never To Heaven Go, The Centraal Museum Utrecht, Holland
1991 - Words & #s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1991 - Nachtregels/Night Lines, The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Holland
1991 - Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1991 - Anni Novanta, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Comune di Bologna, Italy
1991 - The Savage Garden, Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Spain
1990 - In The Beginning, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, OH
1990 - HYPERBATE, Sous-Sol, Ecole superieure d’art visuel, Geneva, Switzerland
1990 - Just Pathetic, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990 - Jessica Diamond, Mike Kelley, Interim Art, London, England
1990 - Köln Show, Cologne, Germany
1990 - Artedomani: Punto di Vista, Inconteri Internazionali d’Arte, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Spoleto, Italy
1990 - Artspace Annex, San Francisco, CA
1990 - American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
1990 - Standard Graphik, Cologne, Germany
1989 - American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
1989 - Amerikarma, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
1989 - The Elements: Sex, Politics, Money & Religion, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1989 - Moskau-Wien-New York, Wiener Stadtische, Vienna, Austria
1989 - Herbstsalon 1989, DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
1989 - Heat the Roof, 106 Ridge Street, New York, NY
1989 - Pathetique, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
1988 - Nostalgia as Resistance, Pop Project IV, Clocktower, New York, NY
1987 - Infotainment, travelling exhibition: De Selby Gallery, Amsterdam; Galerie Montenay,el Sol, Paris, France
1987 - Perverted by Language, Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, NY
1986 - Cutting ‘Em Of At The Pass, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
1986 - On View, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1985 - Infotainment, travelling exhibition: Texas Gallery, Houston, TX; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985 - Objects in Collision, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1985 - Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
1984 - Selections, Artist Space, New York, NY
1984 - Too Young for Vietnam, White Columns, New York, NY
1983 - Selections 22, The Drawing Center, New York, NY