2008-2011
1995-1999
1998
 Education:
Peck School of the Arts, U of WI-Milwaukee, MFA (anticipated)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, BFA
Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, Germany


2010
Selected Exhibitions:
Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now 2010, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
(Jurors: Martha Glowacki, Co-Director of James Watrous Gallery & Graeme Reid, Director of the Museum of
Wisconsin Art)
MA Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Visual Arts, University of WI, Milwaukee, WI
2009
 Biennial 25, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN 
(Juror: William Lieberman, Director of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery - Chicago)
In Your Community: A Visual Exploration into the Peck School of the Arts,
InterContinental Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2008
 Enormous Tiny Show IV, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
The Artist Project, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Collections, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo exhibition)
2007
 The Artist Project, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2006
 New Paintings, Joseph Gazzuolo Fine Arts Gallery, North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN (solo exhibition)
2005
 Art Expo, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Biennial: 2D II, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
(Jurors: Elizabeth Dunbar, Curator at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, and
Theresa Downing, Associate Curator at MMAA)
Paths & Patterns, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Art of the Frame, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
ENCORE !, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2004
 Gems, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
Move, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
5 Foot Show, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
2003
 Taking Form/Taking Shape, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Boutique Gallery, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2002
 Recent Paintings, Winona Art Center, Winona, MN (solo exhibition)
Interior Sensations, Black Dog Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1999
 Commencement Exhibition, MCAD Main Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Visual Language, Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1998
 Been There, Done That, Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Press, Pulled, and Bound, Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Hello Dolly, e-werk, Weimar, Germany


2010
2009
2001
Grants:
Frederick R. Layton Fellowship, University of WI - Milwaukee
Layton Travel Grant, University of WI - Milwaukee
Women's Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN, (Scholarship Recipient)


2010
2002
2001
Artist Residencies:
Artist-in-Resident, Letterpress 77, Düsseldorf, Germany
Grand Marais Art Colony, (The Women’s Art Institute), Grand Marais, MN
The Women’s Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN
 
Selected Bibliography:
Gillespie, Evan, Size Matters at SBMA, South Bend Tribune, 7/5/2009
White, Collier, Winter Apples-3 New Openings in the Low Digits, www.mplsart.com, 2/17/08
Abbe, Mary, Minnesota Mavericks, Star Tribune, 10/27/05
Tomfohrde, Cameron, Patient Assertion, www.mnartists.org, 3/21/05
Brittain, Steven, Pankau Exhibit at Winona Arts Center, Winona Daily News, 7/20/02



Selected Collections:
Boston Scientific Corporation
Faegre & Benson
Westin Hotel Minneapolis
Westin Hotel Washington D.C.
Private Collections


Artist Statement:

In Eastern thought, the state of the mind during creativity mirrors the mind during meditation.  The creative process for me has always functioned as a visual meditation - a way to clear my mind, to be free of any thoughts, to experience an open, quiet, and expansive creative space.  My work always starts with drawing to record the preliminary entry into a meditative space by mindfully filtering through experiences and daily life.  It is these felt experiences and knowledge cultivated through the senses that are the sources of my paintings and drawings.  I use simplified means of form, color, light, and reflection to create work where the senses are heightened, time slows down and quietness is palpable.  I paint to connect and express the senses as an alternative to the experience of a fast paced, technologically saturated culture.