Jan Widströmer

In 2019, Fred Andersson, adjunct professor at Åbo Akademi University, published an extensive and learned surveil and analysis of Widströmer's art from the 1970s till today's latest paintings with its lyrical and geometrical interpretations of inner and outer life and music.

In 2010, Widströmer started publishing his poems online, thus enabling a much broader audience to take part of his poetry.

In 2009, Widströmer also returned to the style of his early 1980s in a series of paintings; to what he calls his "emblematism", back then mainly drawings in ink. Some of those drawings illustrated his book of poetry, published in 1983, called "Boken till Dig" ("A Book for You"). Now colors, figures as well as background forms make his symbolism into an intriguing drama.

In 1980, Widströmer's first solo exhibition was presented at the local gallery. It was a success which caused much interest and curiosity; especially as his work was quite different from the other local artists in those days. Since then he has exhibited his art through the years on different locations in Sweden as well as in other countries. Between 1984 and 1993, he was also successful as an art critic, and composed literary and cultural articles for the Hallandsposten – the largest circulated newspaper in the county of Halland by then.

Included is an essay on Widströmer's poetry from the 1980s till today by Niclas Schiöler, adjunct professor at Lund University.

By the end of the 1970s, Widströmer moved to Falkenberg in the county of Halland with his wife.

Jan Widströmer (born 31 December 1944) is a Swedish artist.