Barbro Signe Hemer Nordenhake, born 1958 in Linköping and grew up in Malmö. She studied at and graduated from Malmö Art School Forum in 1983 and has since been mainly active in Skåne as a Painter. On a trip to China in 1984, she discovered Chinese ink painting , which later became her main technique with washes and a unique montage form of rice paper on straw paper mounted on varnished wood. Besides, She has also painted in other materials and experimented with photo art.