Barbro Hemer, born 1958 in Linköping, Sweden, is a painter and graphic artist. She graduated from Malmö Art School Forum in 1983 and has since been mainly active in Skåne. On a trip to China in 1984, she discovered Chinese ink wash paintings, which later became her main technique with washes and a unique montage form of rice paper on straw paper mounted on varnished wood. She had also painted in other materials and experimented with photographs.