J.O. Mallander

Jan Olof (JO) Mallander, born 25 December 1944 in Helsinki, is a Finnish visual artist, musician, performance poet and art critic. His parents were economist Per Olof Mallander and bookkeeper Meri Lindblad. He married politician Heidi Hautala in 1979.

Biography He became a student in 1965 and studied in 1967 at the and 1967–1968 at the , and exhibited for the first time in 1969.

Mallander has worked as an art critic in various newspapers and magazines since 1968 and published poetry collections. Between 1968 and 1980 he worked as an art critic for Hufvudstadsbladet and between 1971 and 1972 for Dagens Nyheter. He also worked as a freelance journalist for Yle 1967–1969, Uusi Suomi and Taide. Mallander was also deeply involved in Buddhism for a long time. He has worked as curator for many exhibitions both in Finland and internationally.

A retrospective exhibition of his art was held in Tampere in 1986. Jan-Olof Mallander is represented at, among others, Skissernas museum.

Selected bibliography Out. Borgä 1969, 1969 The paperive ice cream. Kansio, 1973 Kama Lettra, 1975 The reading drama, 1975 1131 right, 1976 "Poem Collection 1976", 1976 Poem collection 1978. (In the beginning a decision was made), 1978

Translations Translation into Swedish of texts in Kimmo Kaivanto, 1982