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= Janise Yntema =

Janise Yntema (born on March 29, 1962) is an American painter working in the wax encaustic technique. Her paintings are created from many layers of translucent applications of pigmented wax that are fused together with a blowtorch to create a smooth and glossy surface. Effects of diffused light produce an atmosphere of nature in her work, which remains minimalist and abstract.

In 1991, Yntema was asked to join A.I.R. Gallery. Yntema's work is included in the 1993 A.I.R. Members’ Portfolio accepted into the permanent collections of the Departments of Prints & Drawings at the following institutions:


 * Amherst College, Amherst, MA
 * Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 * Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
 * Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
 * Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
 * Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
 * Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany
 * Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY
 * Milwaukee Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI
 * Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York, NY
 * National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
 * New York University Library, New York, NY
 * Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
 * Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 * Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

About Encaustic
The ancient technique of wax encaustic painting dates back to the 4th Century BC and was described by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder “Encaustic.” in his Natural History from the 1st Century AD. The oldest surviving encaustic panel paintings are the Romano-Egyptian Fayum mummy portraits from the 1st Century BC.

Yntema's archives are held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and at the Women Artists Archives National Directory at Rutgers University Library, Princeton, New Jersey. She is represented by Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK, and A.I.R. Gallery]], New York, NY.

Janise Yntema was born in Fairfield, New Jersey. She attended Montclair Kimberly Academy and West Essex High School and received her BFA from Parsons School of Design, New York. She lives in The Netherlands

Influences

 * Miquel Barceló
 * Joseph Beuys
 * Eva Hesse
 * Agnes Martin
 * Robert Ryman
 * Antonio Tapies
 * J.M.W. Turner