Adu & Adl-Tabatabai

EXHIBITION VENUES: DOM ST. PETER (3), KAISERTHERMEN (6)

Josephine Adu – born 1989 in Wiesbaden. Since 2023 in the municipal sponsored studio at Atelierhaus Waggonfabrik, Mainz. 2016/2025 studies in fine arts at Kunsthochschule Mainz. Diploma 2023, Meisterschülerstudium with Anne Bering 2025. Exhibitions: 2025: “bowl of oranges”, group exhibition (GA), Emde Gallery, Mainz; “Into.”, group exhibition at Sayner Hütte – 2024: “hundert 3yy”, group exhibition, RedGer ArtGallery, Ulaanbaatar – 2024: “WIN WIN”, group exhibition, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Wiesbaden – 2024: “essence (of Ems)”, Rich Cake, Bad Ems. Awards and funding: 2023: Preis für Malerei der Wolfgang-Banke-Stiftung, JGU Mainz; Neustart-Stipendium; 2024: Artist Residency Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems. 2024: Preis der August Müller-Stiftung. Upcoming 2026: group exhibition, AKM Koblenz; Lionsart, Port25 Mannheim – Residency, Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop.

Ronia Adl-Tabatabai – born 1991 in Mainz. Since 2023 in the municipal sponsored studio at Atelierhaus Waggonfabrik, Mainz. 2011-22 studies in fine arts at Kunsthochschule Mainz. Meisterschülerin with Anne Bering 2025. Since 2024 scientific assistant with Prof. Heike Kern in the Department of Artistic Design. Exhibitions: 2025: “bowl of oranges”, Emde Gallery, Mainz; 2024: Kunst bei Karrié, Mainz; 2023: “pinky promise”, Emde Gallery, Mainz; 2022: “the grass is always greener”, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin; 2021: “Stereo2”, Kunst- und Kulturverein Spedition, Bremen.

Connection to Rhineland-Palatinate

Josephine Adus has made Mainz her center of life for almost two decades. After her art studies there, she moved into her sponsored studio in the Waggonfabrik. Last year she spent a six-month residency at Künstlerschloss Balmoral in Bad Ems. In 2024 she received the Preis der August Müller-Stiftung in Höhr-Grenzhausen and in 2023 the Preis für Malerei der Wolfgang-Banke-Stiftung at JGU Mainz.
Ronia Adl-Tabatabai was born and studied in Rhineland-Palatinate. Her center of life is Mainz and will remain so for several years, also because of her daughter. Since 2022 she has been working in one of the city’s sponsored studios at Atelierhaus Waggonfabrik. Her artistic training and practice are thus closely linked to Rhineland-Palatinate. She is very committed to shaping and strengthening the local art scene.