Jessica Diamond

Jessica Diamond
Born	Jessica Diamond (1957-06-06) June 6, 1957 (age 67) New York, New York
Nationality	American
Education	School of Visual Arts, Columbia University

Jessica Diamond (born June 6, 1957) is an American conceptual artist who is known for her wall drawings and installations. She has explored themes of anti-commercialism^[1] and social and sexual roles^[2] in her artworks.

Diamond was born in New York, New York. 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.^[3] She did a series of wall drawings influenced by and responding to the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.^[2]

Her work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art,^[4] the Hirshhorn Museum,^[5] and New York's Museum of Modern Art.^[6]

References

1. Oxford Art Online.
2. Verzotti, Giorgio (1994). "Jessica Diamond". Artforum International. 32 (5): 101.
3. "Jessica Diamond Biography". ArtNet. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
4. "Jessica Diamond". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
5. "Artwork: Jessica Diamond". Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
6. "Jessica Diamond". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

Further reading

• Moos, David, and Jessica Diamond. Jessica Diamond. Toronto: Art Gallery of York University, 2001. Print.
• Pakesch, Peter, and Inge Scholz-Strasser. Freud and Contemporary Art: The Collection of the Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna : April 25-July 8, 2006. New York: Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, 2006. Print.
• Schaffner, Ingrid, Bennett Simpson, and Tanya Leighton. The Big Nothing. Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Contemporary Art, 2004. Print.
• Felix, Zdenek. Das Jahrhundert Des Multiple: Von Duchamp Bis Zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart: Oktagon Verlag, 1994. Print.