#09 Susan Diamond, Cere-money of Mammon, 2021. Acrylics on Hahnemühle 600 gram 100% cotton rag. Original 1/1. 78x58cm

Susan Diamond was born in Montgomery Massachusetts 1965 the 4th of 5 child from first generation American born Polish and Russian immigrants Joseph “Biff” Mihalski and Muriel Rosenthal. Mrs Shuman, Susan’s first art teacher at junior High School was first to recognize “The Diamond’s” prolific talent and nurtured this to the best of her ability and to which the gift helped Susan at The Boston School of Fashion, but unprepared to have her wings clipped of her unique style by convention left and went travelling to Europe. Settling eventually in London where she met singer and club host Mark Charles. They fell in love and are still together to this day 26 years on.

Susan painted upstairs in The Sir Richard Steeles pub in Chalk Farm London where she produced the legendary show “Susan Diamond’s All New Adoption Agency” at Decima Gallery, Bermondsey, London.

Later it was with Mark they created the now Cult fashion glam Punk label Charles of London which and later to go and create outrageous electro noise performance band “Gobsausage”

Now with Susan’s first love, painting is back at the forefront of her creativity. She’s turning heads and creating quite a stir in the art scene, these last 5 years, selling her large acrylic canvases, oozing attitude with florescent paint gold and silver’s punk Picasso spat alien figures and city-scapes and more onto willing canvas, spreading subliminal messages and adorning walls in Galleries and homes alike.

Susan has had solo exhibitions in London, Hastings, Berlin, France and Italy. More recently when the Lockdown was put in place Susan tried to keep creative and with no exhibitions booked in gallery spaces at the time she decided to create a series of Exterior Art Photos, a “Gallery in the Woods” which can translate into any outdoor space along with commissions and new works and features in on-line galleries. Most recently in Collaboration with #outsidethe_zone Susan was asked to create two Billboards (4.8x2.4m) Featuring her art on the streets of Shoreditch, Kingsland rd which was unveiled on Thursday the 9th of July 2020.

This ain’t Rock “n” Roll this is the year of Diamond. Fasten your seat belts, this going to be one hell of a ride...

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