The contemporary British artist James Dean Diamond's work is highly acclaimed by:

‘Great work’
Banksy | Artist

‘Diamond’s work is very important’
Thomas Joshua Cooper | Artist & Founder of the Glasgow School of Art's Fine Art Photography Department

‘Intriguing work’
Dakis Joannou | Director & Founder of the Deste Foundation

‘It is rare these days to find work as beautiful and powerful as James’s photographs. Absolutely Sublime, and the complex layering of ideas and references provides a depth as rich and velvety as the tones in the photographs. Duane Michals said we have lost our sense of wonder; you work is full of wonder. Thank you.’
Colin Wilson | Photographer & Senior Lecturer B.A Photography, University of Derby

‘A strong installation both conceptually and visually’
The late Christos Joachimedes | Independent curator at the Royal Academy London 

‘The work is very strong, very interesting & very well crafted’
Efi Strousa | President of the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art – Hellenic Section 

The artworks are collected worldwide by private individuals and available as limited-edition prints, each signed, numbered and dated.

An earlier career as an electronics and mechanical engineer in the UK and the USA led James to embark upon a BA Photography at the London College of Communication, an MA Fine Art from the University of Brighton, and to approach his artwork as a scientific investigation. For 20 years James’s multidisciplinary visual arts practice comprises mesmerising large-scale photographic installations and original composed sound scores – shooting in perennial motion across European cities (London, Paris, Zagreb, Athens, Copenhagen, Malmo and Berlin), the work gives visual expression to the flux of energy, creating environments of ectoplasmic form.

James is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including a 3-year Polaroid Sponsorship Award for Innovation, ‘University of the Arts London Student of the Year’ and Kodak prize. Artworks feature in exhibitions in Europe and New York, as well as reviews in ‘LENSCRATCH’, ‘Elephant’, ‘Creative Boom’, ‘ArtRabbit’, ‘Mount Kimbie/NTS Radio’, ‘Crime, Media & Culture’, ‘Art in America’, ‘Contemporary’ and the ‘British Journal of Photography’. Commissioned by many leading clients, such as the Financial Times, How To Spend It, Harpers & Queen, The Telegraph, Levi’s, Selfridges, BMW, to name a few; his work is supported by The British Council and and Stamos Frissiras of the Frissiras Museum, Athens. Currently based in the UK, James lived and worked in Athens, Greece from 2002 to 2006. 

Having studied at UMASS and Brown University USA, Samia Ashraf graduated from Central St Martins School of Art & Design with a BA Fine Art Printmaking & Photomedia and a MA Museum & Gallery Management from City University London. She emerged with a passion for collaborating with artists, photographers and makers, emerging, mid-career and established - as a Curator and Professional & Business Development Advisor for the Crafts Council and a leading Photographers/Directors and Digital Artists Agent for the London and USA market.

Currently an Artist in Residence at the Baxter Lab, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex with artist James Dean Diamond, Samia’s work extends to the research and management of exhibitions in London, Athens and the UK. Contributing essays to various publications and coordinating an education programme for the MA Fine Art at the University of Brighton for the critically acclaimed artist Thomas Joshua Cooper, as well as organising a series of guest lectures for the BA Photography at the University of Derby.

Thanks to Graham Black, Clare Carolan, Bushra Munib Dar, Jon Drake, Kim Fielding, Georg Georgakopoulos, Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Conall Gleeson, David Gluck, Vassilis Grigoropoulos, Annie Hooton, Charlie Hooker, Christopher Humphrys, Catherine Jarvie, Colin Jarvie, Fotini Kapiris, Den Odell, Jeremy O’Sullivan, Searle Kochberg, Denis Kovac, Sue Norton, Jeremy Maker, Max Mezzowave, Mike Peel, Vicki Reeve, Juliette Seibold, Paul Smith, Rosalind Tomlin, Karl Tomlin, Alison Weedall, Claire Williams, Colourstream, Spectrum Photographic & The Vault Imaging