I specialize in the ancient painting technique of wax encaustic. My works are created from numerous layers of translucent applications of pigmented bees wax that are fused together with a blowtorch to create a smooth, skin-like surface. Effects of diffused light produce an atmosphere which remains minimalist and abstract, yet the quality is somehow alive, and holds the translucent colour in a pure, luminous tone. The presence of nature is evident in the work as the materials of wax encaustic are fully organic. Encaustic is a slow process allowing the paintings to develop an intrinsic history and encompass a period in time.

As a painter I am continuing an historical tradition of exploring the boundaries between the natural and the artificial. My work explores the environments between structure and fluidity, light and density. I am looking to achieve an area between what I hold as a memory of the representation of nature and minimalism, to find a meditative space that is familiar and yet contemporary, This pictorial narrative concerns the temperatures of colour within the language of paint, abstracted and abbreviated to encompass the simplicity of an initial impression.

Janise Yntema 20012

JANISE YNTEMA
www.janiseyntema.com
janise@janiseyntema.com
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

EDUCATION
1980-1984 Parson’s School of Design, New York City, BFA
1979 Art Students League, New York City

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009 Cadogan Contemporary, London, Solo show
1997 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
1996 Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, New Jersey—award show
1995 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Montclair State University Art Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
1994 Hoboken Gallery, New Jersey
1993 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City

2 and 3 person EXHIBITIONS
2003 Cadogan Contemporary, London, 2 person show
1998 Soho 20,New York, NY, 3 person Invitational
Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, New Jersey 3 person Invitational
1994 WiIlliam Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ 3 person award show
1993 Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York NY, 3 person show


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Anne Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY Invitational
Cadogan Contemporary, London
2009 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
2008 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Cadogan Contemporary, London
Tracy/Barry Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
2007 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Cadogan Contemporary, London
2005 Cadogan Contemporary, London
2004 Cadogan Contemporary, London
2003 Cadogan Contemporary, London
A&A Galerie, Belgium
2002 Galerie Ralph Schriever, Cologne, Germany
Cadogan Contemporary, London
Century Gallery, London
2001 Cadogan Contemporary, London
Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
Mafuji Gallery, London
Century Gallery, London
2000 Century Gallery, London
Mafuji Gallery, London
Christine Van Stralen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Soho 20, New York City, Invitational
1998 Simon Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey
A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Smithsonian Institute’s Archive of American Art, New York City
Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, New Jersey, Invitational Exhibition
Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Simon Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey
A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
1996 Ceres Gallery, New York City, Invitational Exhibition
A.I.R.Gallery, New York City
1995 City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
1994 City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, Juried Exhibition
Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
Brook Alexander Gallery, New York City
William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, New Jersey, Award show,
1993 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, New Jersey, Juried Exhibition
Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York City
1992 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York City
City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
1991 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Raritan Valley College Art Gallery, North Branch, New Jersey, Invitational Exhibition
1990 City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
1989 City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, Juried Exhibition


COLLECTIONS

Phillips Corporation, The Netherlands
PTS Software, The Netherlands
Djanogly Collection, Nottingham, UK
Leigh Day & Co, London, UK
Mohammed al-Faisel, Saudi Arabia