born 1962 in Malmö, living in Everöd.

Educated at the Art School in Kristianstad 1981-83 and at the Gerlesborg School in Stockholm 1987-89.

Meaning and inspiration - color and composition, Persian miniatures, patterns and designs, among others.

Exhibitions - Gallery De Unga in Stockholm (1990), Student literature Gallery Tio in Lund, Gallery Origo, Stockholm, TetraPaks Art Association, Lund, Helsingborgs Hamn art association, Skånehuset, Region Skåne in Kristianstad, Aoseum in Åhus, Gallery Sigma in Växjö, Gallery Konstlustan and Galleri Pictor (2010 and 2013) and The Gallery by the River in the USA (2012).

Public decoration at Ljungby hospital in 2008.

Read about Jan Erik Holst's exhibition on the blog Tusen och en bild - Jan Erik Holst's watercolors