Thank You! And now with all the Photos!

What a night! The heliumcowboy crew and our artists would like to thank all who came - we stopped counting at way over 1000 guests ... I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did, despite the long cue at the entrance. Big thanks also to the Area Boys for their fantastic live set, and to DJ Sdag, and and and. All of you helped us make it the best celebration of our anniversary at the Bieberhaus we could imagine ...

All images we took from setting up the show, the exhibition and the vernissage, can be found when clicking onto the image above or the link at the bottom of this entry.

Photo by Lui Roq (click to enlarge)

Key facts:

5 years heliumcowboy artspace

exhibition at Bieberhaus, Hachmannplatz, 20099 Hamburg

until August 15

Opening hours:

tuesdays - fridays 14 - 20
saturdays 12 - 20

>>> photos from the exhibition, the vernissage, the build up
>>> pricelist (pdf, 20 mb)
>>> TV feature about the show at youtube

Posted on July 17, 2008

5 years heliumcowboy artspace: Opening Saturday, July 12

We cordially invite you to the opening of our 5 year anniversary exhibition on saturday, July 12, 8 - 12 p.m., featuring artworks, installations and performances by: 



56K, Akane Kimbara, Alex Diamond, Alexej Mirnij, Antonio Santin, Blami, Boris Hoppek, Casey McKee, Christophe Lambert, Jim Avignon, Jon Burgerman, Kingdrips, Karen Koltermann, Ki Yoon Ko, Lena Schmidt, Luiza Mogosanu,Lui Roq, Mike Swaney, moki, Stephen Smith/Neasden Control Centre, Nina Braun, Pandarosa, Patrick Farzar,Rinzen, Thomas Markus Schumann, Victor Castillo, Rai Escale, 4000




Bieberhaus, Hachmannplatz, 20099 Hamburg

Vernissage: July 12, 8 - 12 p.m.

featuring live music by THE AREA BOYS (Andrephine, Jay Green, M.D.M.A.x) and DJ Sdag
performances by Luiza Mogosanu

Admission to Vernissage: 3 € incl. ltd. exhibition catalogue (special print posters)

PROGRAMM:
21.00 Uhr | Luiza Mogosanu (Performance 1)
21.30 Uhr | THE AREA BOYS (live)
22.30 Uhr | Luiza Mogosanu (Performance 2)
23.30 Uhr | Luiza Mogosanu (Performance 3)

A special edition catalogue will be published after the show. At the vernissage, we also present a limited edition, special 5 year heliumcowboy artspace t-shirt, designed by kingdrips.

>>> more info about the exhibition

>>> more info about the exhibition

Continue reading "the Bieberhaus Diaries: Almost there"

Posted on July 09, 2008

The Bieberhaus Diaries: The sunday images

More more more. Work seems limitless here at the Bieberhaus, but we are making good progress. More artists arrive, and more work gets up on the walls ...

A few other images can be seen when clicking onto "continue reading" below ...

>>> more info about the exhibition

Continue reading "The Bieberhaus Diaries: The sunday images"

Posted on July 06, 2008

The Bieberhaus Diaries: art is coming in

Another day at the construction site ... 56K has started with his Installation, Lena Schmidt has delivered a work so heavy it will put our freshly built walls to the ultimate test, Akane Kimbara has started in the Basement, Luiza Mogosanu has arrived from Paris, Patrick Farzar has set up his installation, the crates from Iguapop gallery (Barcelona) are here with the works by Blami, Mike Swaney, Rai Escale and Victor Castillo ...

more images when clicking onto "continue reading" below ...

>>> more info about the exhibition

Continue reading "The Bieberhaus Diaries: art is coming in"

Posted on July 03, 2008

The Bieberhaus Diaries: All walls are set up

Okay, the last post with pictures of empty walls - but we are happy we managed to put almost 70 meters of fresh walls into the Bieberhaus... we are ready for the art to be put up ... (more images when you click on "continue reading" below).

>>> more info about the exhibition

Continue reading "The Bieberhaus Diaries: All walls are set up"

Posted on July 02, 2008

The Bieberhaus Diaries: Neasden leaves his mark

Now, the progress is more easily visible: yesterday, moki put up her 8 meter long worm under the ceiling. The first painting (also by moki) is up, still under bubble wrap. Stephen Smith / Neasden Control Centre has left his first marks on the walls, and also his watchtower is being rebuild.

With the added workforce of Elisabeth, Dherry (our project craftsman from NoNewEnemies) and Sam, we are setting up roughly 30 more meters of walls ... check for more images by clicking "continue reading" below, and we'll keep you posted with the development right here at the site ...

Continue reading "The Bieberhaus Diaries: Neasden leaves his mark"

Posted on July 01, 2008

The Bieberhaus Diaries: First week results

The first 32 meters of exra walls are up, the office has been built, the first artworks are in, parts of the Neasden Control Centre-Watchtower from Basel have arrived (unfortunatley only half of it) ... today, we are expecting the first artists on location ... some more pictures below (click onto "continue reading"), and a lot more to come over the next days ...

stay tuned.

>>> more info about the exhibition

Continue reading "The Bieberhaus Diaries: First week results"

Posted on June 30, 2008

New phone number

While setting up the big show, we are sometimes difficult to reach under our gallery phone - so in case you want to call, here is the best number to reach us at:

+49 - 175 22 44 0 88

Posted on June 28, 2008

5 years heliumcowboy artspace - the work has begun.

Beginning of this week, we started moving into the location for our big anniversary show. The office furniture has been built, the staircases are secure, the first walls set up. Still tons of garbage to carry out in the trash, still 20 meters of walls to be set up, still so much to do before the grand opening on the 12th of july.

We will try and keep you posted at the site about the developments, it is great to see the rooms change and things shape up...

>>> more info

Posted on June 26, 2008

SCOPE Basel 2008 - the photos.

Back from Basel - we had a fantastic time at the fair (and beyond...). To view all photos we took from building up the booth and the special projects by Stephen Smith/Neasden Control Centre (Watchtower) and Boris Hoppek (Watertaxis), click on the image above or the link below. Additionally we featured modart-supported artists Die Seiner from Switzerland in our booth, who did a great paste-up work on the walls.

For the pricelist of the new works shown in Basel by Boris Hoppek, Christophe Lambert and Stephen Smith, you'll also find the link to download/open the pdf-file below.

>>> digilog: all the photos (pop up)
>>> pricelist Basel (pdf)

Continue reading "SCOPE Basel 2008 - the photos."

Posted on June 02, 2008

Nina Braun - Stick and Move: photos online

Last Saturday we opened our current show featuring Nina Braun's third exhibition at our gallery, presenting fantastic new sculptures, videos and artworks.
At the vernissage, we launched a catalogue about Nina's work, which can be ordered online through this site.

Images from the opening and the installation are online now. Just click onto the images or follow the link below.

Exhibition until July, 4, opening hours: wednesdays - fridays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

>>> to the photos
>>> artwork from the show
>>> order the catalogue from the show online (pop up with more info)
>>> more info

Posted on May 27, 2008

DARE: new magazine launched

It is not just because they feature a big interview with our gallerist, Jörg, inside. It is also not because they invited Jörg to speak on the panel at their launchparty last weekend at Westwerk. Or that heliumcowgirl Veronika supplied the photo for the artwork on the cover. Or that it is full to the brim with a lot of artists we admire. No, we really do feel that this is one of the freshest, strongest, best designed, outstandingly written and ... simply most remarkable art publications we held in our hands in a long, long time: the new DARE magazine is out! Issue number 2, titled "Hype", features stories with and about artists, movers and shakers from the art scenes of Hamburg and Berlin.

Get it at galleries, selected bookstores, or directly through their website:

>>> DARE - the website

Posted on May 26, 2008

No New Enemies Group show in Brussels

From May 7 - 18, (daily from 6 - 12 p.m.), No New Enemies presents a bunch of fantastic artists from their network at Le Botanique Museum in Brussels during the annual music festival.

With music from Scratch Perverts, Why, Morcheeba, Jamie Lidell, Bun Zero and more than 30 other acts NNE will get those feet moving by welcoming visual artists from their network to town.

heliumcowboy artspace is represented with 3 artists: Boris Hoppek, Neasden Control Centre (colaborating with Will Barras), Alex Diamond, and also fellow artists from our current show in Hamburg, BO130, microbo, Morcky and TheBoghe are also here.

Other participating artists include Wayne Horse, Ado Jahic, Galo, The London Police, Will Barras, Jon Burgerman, Guillaume Desmarets, Never Effect, Ephameron, Maoma, Btoy, L’Atlas, Jerome ‘G’ Demuth, RuediOne, Smash137 and a small glimpse at the A-Z private collection of The Don.

We uploaded a lot of images from setting up and from the show ... please click onto the images or follow the link below to view them all!

>>> images from the show (pop up)
>>> more info and catalogue download at modarteurope.com
>>> more info at NoNewEnemies.net

Posted on May 07, 2008

5 years heliumcowboy artspace

This is a big year here for us at the heliumcowboy artspace: We have made it through five fantastic and exciting years, and in summer we will celebrate this with a massive group show featuring 30 artists at a large and very unique location in Hamburg ... more info below!

>>> more info

Posted on May 03, 2008

BO130, microbo, Morcky & TheBoghe: Photos online!

All images from our current exhibition:

"No New Enemies - BM2"
featuring BO130, microbo, Morcky & TheBoghe

have been uploaded to the site - check them out by following the link below (or click on the image above). You can also find the complete artwork overview and the pricelist for the works online.

The exhibition will be open wednesdays to fridays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. until may 16th.

>>> Photos from setting up the show, the vernissage and the exhibited artwork
>>> modart website

Posted on April 22, 2008

Double Digilog update: photos from Pandarosa & Scope New York

Tons of new images on our website: click on any of the two images below to view the photos and the artwork of the current exhibition by Pandarosa (upper picture) or impressions from our trip to the SCOPE art fair in New York (lower picture):

>>> Pandarosa: Images from setting up the show, the vernissage and the exhibited artwork

>>> SCOPE NEw York: photos from our trip to the fair, setting it all up, taking it down again, impressions from the city and and friends

Posted on April 04, 2008

Limited edition heliumcowboy T-shirt

We are excited to announce that we have just printed our first ever heliumcowboy T-shirt. It features artwork by Alex Diamond and is a very limited edition - only 60 have been printed. We will continue this series of shirts with other artists over the next months.

If you want yours, either come around the SCOPE fair, booth 20, the gallery in Hamburg or just send an email to Veronika at the gallery (v@heliumcowboy.com) with your T-shirt size, They come in men's S, M, and L, and in girls S, M and L. Price: 28 € / 38 US$ plus shipping. Larger preview below by clicking on "continue reading ...".

Continue reading "Limited edition heliumcowboy T-shirt"

Posted on March 27, 2008

Hounds Of Hell: TV report

Yet another very good review of the charity skateboard exhibition "The Helping Hounds Of Hell" in german Television. And again - big thanks to all who supported this project, it was great fun for us and a huge success for the children's hospital in Senegal!

links to all TV-reports:

>>> HOBNOX web TV-feature part 1
>>> HOBNOX web TV-feature part 2
>>> TV Berlin

other links:

>>> the official "hounds of hell" Website
>>> SAGE Hospital website
>>> webshop Hounds Of Hell (some boards are still available!)
>>> Images from the show in Hamburg

Posted on March 19, 2008

We got talent.

Running a gallery means that you are sourrounded by intriguing talent and creativity. And with heliumcowboy, this goes down to the root of the crew: Today we'd like to introduce you to heliumcowgirl Gudrun Rau, responsible for all print materials leaving the ranch. Gudrun just re-launched her website "pigmentpixel.com". Check it out - and make it a daily routine, as Gudrun posts one drawing everyday in her visual diary ...

>>> pigmentpixel.com

Posted on March 12, 2008

It's time to Re-build

These days, years of content and the enourmous growth of visits on our site have simply gotten too big to handle for the simple technology behind it. That's why we will be relaunching our site soon, say within the next couple of weeks. It's going to be a massive work, but hey, that is the story of our lives here at heliumcowboy ...

During this time, this site will remain fully functional, so nothing changes until we are done ... changing.

Please bear with us if there may be the occasional delay or detour, and probably less news then we'd usually like to post...

Posted on March 07, 2008 | TrackBack (0)

Christophe Lambert - "Chaos imminent": Photos online

We've just uploaded tons of images from vernissage, setting up, and the artworks of our current exhibition:

"Chaos imminent"
by Christophe Lambert

Just follow the links below or click onto the image above.

A limited edition catalogue for the show is available at the gallery, or ou can order it in the shop section of this site.

More info and artwork overview: follow the links below

>>> Photos from the show
>>> Artwork overview
>>> pricelist
>>> more info about the show

Posted on February 29, 2008

Christophe Lambert: Setting up the show

Christophe Lambert, who will open his show "Chaos imminent" this saturday at our gallery (Feb 16, 8 p.m.), has arrived last night and is setting up his installation at the gallery ... stay tuned for more updates and make sure you don't miss the vernissage (featuring Nadsen at the turntrables)!

Oh, and also the catalogue for his show has arrived as well: preview below (edition heliumcowboy #03, 32 pages, full color, limited to 250 copies)

>>> more info about the show

Posted on February 13, 2008

Hounds Of Hell in Hamburg

The opening of the charity group show "The Helping Hounds Of Hell" last Friday was testing our maximum capacity of the gallery ... thanks to all who came and Haina for a beautiful DJ set ... images to follow soon here - update later this week.

>>> SAGE Hospital website
>>> webshop Hounds Of Hell
>>> Images from the show in Hamburg
>>> the official "hounds of hell" Website
>>> HOBNOX web TV-feature
>>> TV Berlin
>>> more info about the exhibition

Posted on February 12, 2008

Hounds Of Hell: Impressions from the opening in Berlin

The opening of The Helping Hounds Of Hell in Berlin was a huge success! Thanks to all the people that came by and made this event very special.

More images at the official Hounds Of Hell-weblog and over at Flickr, you can find the links below!

See you all in Hamburg on the 8th of February!

>>> the official "hounds of hell" Website
>>>Hounds-Images at Flickr
>>> webshop Hounds Of Hell

Posted on January 28, 2008

Alex Diamond - exhibition extended / new work

Alex Diamonds' current show, "Love Me With A Gun To My Head", will be extended for one week, until January 25. We are also showing some completely new and again different works, which Diamond created originally for the SCOPE art fair in Miami. A few of them have come back now and are on display in the gallery.

Because Alex ist already involved in his next big project - a solo presentation of a new installation in New York in march, there will be no finissage for this show. Come around during this or next week during our opening times (wed - fri 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.) to take a last look at the show before we take it all down again.

Continue reading "Alex Diamond - exhibition extended / new work"

Posted on January 17, 2008

The Helping Hounds Of Hell: the blog is online

More and always freshly updated information about the exhibitions "The Helping Hounds Of Hell" (main entry below): go to

>>> Helping Hounds Of Hell - The Blog

Posted on January 10, 2008

Alex Diamond Exhibition: Fotos & Videos online

The images from the artwork, the setting up and the vernissage of Alex Diamond's last show at the gallery, Love Me With A Gun To My Head, are online - just follow the link below. Also we have uploaded threel video clips from the fantastic gig by Maex Kalin and Andrew Phin from the opening night to this website (and on Youtube). Just cklick onto "continue reading to view them all!

>>> view the Photos of the Show
>>> more info about the exhibtion
>>> artwork overview and downloadable pricelist

Continue reading "Alex Diamond Exhibition: Fotos & Videos online"

Posted on December 20, 2007 | TrackBack (0)

SCOPE Miami: Fotos online!

SCOPE Miami is over - and again we had a great time here. We've posted tons of images here at our website, please follow the link below.

featured artists: Nina Braun, Boris Hoppek, Neasden Control Centre, Alex Diamond, Antonio Santin, Casey McKee

>>> Our photoalbum from SCOPE Miami
>>> Miami artwork overview and prices (pdf, 1 mb)
>>> SCOPE Website

Continue reading "SCOPE Miami: Fotos online!"

Posted on December 20, 2007

Exhibition & Catalogue: Casey McKee "9 to 5"

Here are some brand new pictures from the last preparations for Casey McKee’s exhibition "9 to 5", that opened last Saturday. Exhibited artwork can be viewed online in our "shop" section. Images from the opening will be online later this week.

The catalogue for the show (image below; 36 pages, fully colored, 21x21 cm, edition heliumcowboy; 5 €) is available at the Gallery.

Click "continue..." below to view all images.

>>> artwork overview from the exhibition
>>> more info about the exhibition
>>> Casey McKee website

Continue reading "Exhibition & Catalogue: Casey McKee "9 to 5""

Posted on November 02, 2007 | TrackBack (0)

Neasden Control Centre - Photos from the Show are online

We've uploaded tons of images from our current exhibition "Little Land" by Neasden Control Centre: photos from setting up the exhibition, the artworks, and the vernissage on Saturday, Sept 29.

>>> photos from the Vernissage, setting up the exhibition and installation views

>>> NCC-Show: artwork overview
>>> NCC-Show: pricelist
>>> more info

Posted on October 18, 2007

Antonio Santin - one to watch for 2008...

In October 2008 (that is about exactly one year from now :) we'll be showing an extraordinary young artist from Spain, Antonio Santin. If you are in Stuttgart right now, you should check out his exhbition at Zero Arts e.V., Ostendstraße 16. The show is titled "naturaleza muerta" and runs until November 11 (open tuesdays - thursdays 3 to 8 p.m.).

As a teaser we have uploaded some images of his works and our visit to his Studio in Barcelona earlier this year (right now he resides in Berlin) as well as a review of his current show in Stuttgart ... check the link "continue reading..." below.

Continue reading "Antonio Santin - one to watch for 2008..."

Posted on October 10, 2007 | TrackBack (0)

IGUAPOP! - Photos from the Show are online

We have uploaded images from setting up the show together with Artists Mike Swaney, Victor Castillo and Blami and Iguaopop Gallerist Inigo Martinez Moller, lots of photos from the Vernissage on Saturday, August 25, and exhibition views from the Gallery. Thanks to all who supported a great show by helping. promoting, visiting and celebrating a spanish night with us! Links below.

>>> photos from the Vernissage, setting up the exhibition and installation views

We've also uploaded images and the pricelist from the exhibited artwork of the Iguapop Group Show to our website:
>>> Iguapop-Show: artwork overview
>>> Iguapop-Show: pricelist
>>> more info

Posted on August 30, 2007

86 negritos: Boris Hoppek in Cadiz.

Until September 23, Boris Hoppek shows his largest to date monothematic exhibition "86 negritos" at a fortress at the coast of Cadiz (Spain). Inspired by the german nursery rhyme "10 kleine Negerlein" (10 little negroes), Boris tells the sad story of african refugees dying at the coast of spain throughout the the museum in Sculptures, Paintings and interactive Installations.

"86 negritos" is a museal drama about racism and immigration politics. And a real refugee boat, filled with 86 cardboard sculptures, is swimming in the rough sea outside the fortress...

A Catalogue is in Production. More news onthis as soon as it becomes available.

for many more images and press reviews click on "continue reading" below.

Continue reading "86 negritos: Boris Hoppek in Cadiz."

Posted on August 14, 2007

Impressions from SCOPE Art Fair in Basel

A little update from our days at the SCOPE art fair in Basel with more images from the final booth . Also we finally received the large paper works by Neasden Control Centre yesterday, which got lost in the mail at first. Follow the link below or click on the images to open a Photo Album from setting up the booth, from the fair itself and from the Artwork by Neasden Control Centre, Boris Hoppek and Alex Diamond.

SCOPE Basel, Stand 25 / Booth 25
E-Halle, Erlenstrasse 15, CH-4058 Basel, www.e-halle.ch
(5 min WALK from ART BASEL. Really!)

>>> Photos from setting up the Booth

>>> view photos from setting up the exhibition and the opening

Last weekend we opened our current exhibtion, featuring artist 56k with his 2nd grand solo show at the heliumcowboy artspace:
EVERYTHING COUNTS IN LARGE AMOUNTS

Open wednesday to fridays 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

>>> more info
>>> view photos from setting up the exhibition and the opening

Posted on June 04, 2007 | TrackBack (0)

The death of an artwork: A horror-movie.

Well, you may have wondered what we should be doing with the large cardboard sculpture by Boris Hoppek for his last exhibition "I won't fuck with you tonight" after the show closed end of may. The sculpture was about 4.60 meters high and aprox. 3 meters in diameter, and our gallery doors are way to small for that. So if a buyer is interested, Boris rebuilds it at the final location, as we could only save the head from being destroyed...

So this is what happened ... click on the image or the link below (and turn up the volume) to see the movie you never wanted to see: how to kill an artwork. Excecuted by a Bimbo, obviously.

>>> click to view the movie (quicktime, pop up, with sound)
>>> view photos from building the installation and the opening
>>> all NEW artwork by Boris Hoppek

Posted on May 29, 2007 | TrackBack (0)

The Big Hoppek Show: Come in, we're open

A must see: Boris Hoppeks' brand new exhibition "I won't fuck with you tonight", featuring a 4.7 meter towering-high, walk-in cardboard sculpture in our Gallery. Images from the vernissage (and launch of the sex-mag-catalogue "LAVAGINA" and heliumcowboy anniversary and ROJO-anniversary) are online now, please click on the image above to view or check the link below.

>>> view photos from building the installation and the opening

If you are interested in the exhibited artwork, please go to our artwork overview and/or download the pricelist:
>>> all NEW artwork by Boris Hoppek
>>> download pricelist of the show
>>> available Bimbo puppets (the ORIGINAL)

if you want to order LAVAGINA, the limited edition Sex-Magazine made by Boris Hoppek for this show, check the "buy now" button below (through Paypal, 3.50 € plus 5 € shipping):

>>> all NEW artwork by Boris Hoppek
>>> download pricelist of the show
>>> available Bimbo puppets (the ORIGINAL)
>>> view photos from building the installation and the opening
>>> rojo magazine

Posted on April 12, 2007 | TrackBack (0)

scope New York: check out the photos.

We have uploaded a ton of images of our fantastic time in New York at the scope Art Fair from february 22-26 - click on the images or the link below to view them all ... thanks again to New York, the scope Team, people at Rare and especially Jeff & Meghan for giving us a home away from home ...

>>> scope.New York photos

Posted on March 04, 2007

NYC here we come: No sleep till Brooklyn

We have been invited to show at the scope art fair for contemporary art in New York, February 22 - 26. So right now we are deep in preperation for our next trip overseas, selecting and wrapping up fresh works by the artist we'll take abroad this time ... a fresh angle guranteed, we will not simply repeat our presentation from Miami last December, but add a fresh and extensive highlight on Neasden Control Centre and Nina Braun, alongside our beloved ones Boris Hoppek, moki, Alex Diamond, Patrick Farzar and FriendsWithYou. Be prepared.

SCOPE New York
February 22-26, 2007
Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park,
Corner of 62 Street and 10th Avenue

>>> scope website

Posted on January 18, 2007 | TrackBack (0)

Impressions from Miami.

The photos from our time in Miami are online, simply follow the link below to see what a great time we had at the scope (fair for emerging contemporary art). We'd like to say thanks to everyone from the scope team, especially helen and alexis, for their support in making this fair such a great & successful experience for us... and of course to all our awesome artists trusting us with their work!

And if you haven't done so already, check out also Alex Diamonds' more personal view on the past weeks in his "Miami Diaries" ...

>>> scope.Miami photos
>>> scope website
>>> Alex Diamond Miami Diaries

Posted on December 18, 2006 | TrackBack (0)

The Diamond Diaries - with love from Miami.

While we are in Miami at the scope artfair, Alex Diamond, who is here with us to paint our booth, writes his "Miami Diaries" over at alexdiamond.de, featuring words and images from setting up our booth, the fairs and crazy Miami during the hottest season of the year for contemporary art ...

just follow the link below ...

>>> miami diaries at alexdiamond.de

Posted on December 09, 2006 | TrackBack (0)