Ramona Saphira Mohr
is a graduate of the Karlsruhe and Stuttgart Academies of Fine Art.
She studied graphic art and painting under Prof. Corinne Wasmuht (2012–2016) at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and intermedia design under Prof. Wolfgang Mayer and Prof. Cristina Barrio Gomez at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (2016–2018).
With SKM since May 2026.
My painting does not begin on the canvas, but at the moment when I perceive structures in nature – their power, colour and form – allowing the elements to merge visually, combining them and storing them deep within me.
When I then step up to the canvas in the next step, I immerse myself. Completely. My first contact with the surface is graphic in nature, involving the full range of movement of my entire body. Lines split the white silence. Guided by intuition and full of dynamism, they envelop surfaces, chase and provoke the gaze, and serve as a framework for the unfolding overall composition.
However, these do not dictate a fixed structure; rather, much like a stone falling into water, they set off ripples that inspire me to create the areas of colour.
The process may also begin through aleatoric techniques using liquid graphite or ink, whereby organic or crystalline forms emerge which
character of the painting in the long term. Gradually, colour-rich worlds emerge with their own distinct logic and energy, in
which the echo of landscape or architectural structures still gently reverberates. During the painting process, I allow the images mentioned at the outset
intuitively emerge, as if in a dialogue between the subconscious, the painting surface and the mind. In this way, I too am
moved and curious to see which composition will take shape.
Since 2016, I have also been creating video works that playfully engage with the perception of my own body in relation to the
surrounding world. Themes such as the dissolution of the silhouette, the performative merging with the painted image, earth and rhythm play a role here.
Selected exhibitions
2025
Alles offen, Kunstverein Waagenhalle, Stuttgart
2024
Establishment of the studio house at 19 Ulrichstr. in Schorndorf
“Connecting Grounds”, curated by The Real Office in the project space of the Kunstverein Waagenhalle
2022
“Film Kunst Fest”, screening of video works in the project space of the Kunstverein Waagenhalle
“In dust we trust” – Long Night of Museums, Kunstverein Waagenhalle project space, Stuttgart
2020
“Hallo Halle”, open studios as part of the reopening of the Wagenhalle in Stuttgart
2018
“Art on the Platform”, video sequences for the 2018 “Art on the Platform” project in Stuttgart, video sequences for the information screens at Stuttgart’s underground and suburban railway stations
“Little Away Only Memory Bars – Maria Salgado and the students of the IMG”, Mozartstr. 51, Stuttgart (video)
2017
Afternoon Matinee: “Al Haggara – the stone” – public performance based on the film script by Teresa Solar Abboud at the Heusteigtheater in Stuttgart and the Kunstverein in Heidelberg
“Only the Jungle Knows…”, group exhibition at the IFA Gallery, Stuttgart (video and installation)
“So I lean on this/ but it’s tipping”, performance and video at the Heusteigtheater, Stuttgart
2016
Curated annual exhibition at the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Art
2015
Members’ exhibition at the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2014
Annual exhibition at the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Art
Members’ Exhibition at the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2013
‘Greetings from Karlsruhe’, class exhibition at the Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna
