I have been compulsively painting my entire life, and every decision I make is structured around sustaining that practice. Painting, for me, is a way of thinking through material, time, and resistance.
My work is built through accumulation, abrasion, and revision over extended periods. I construct dense surfaces through layering and partial erasure, allowing earlier decisions, including failures and instability, to remain visible. Rather than correcting the work, I respond to it, letting each painting develop through sustained negotiation.
Influenced by natural processes such as growth, decay, and sedimentation, I approach painting as an evolving structure shaped over time. Each work becomes a record of endurance, carrying the traces of labor, hesitation, and transformation.
Artist Joseph Yonke as a child.
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Yonke is based out of New York, NY & Pittsburgh, PA
Paintings can be shipped domestically as well as internationally
If you would like to discuss acquisition, contact Joseph through email: Jryonke@gmail.com