Lives & works in: Chicago, IL

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

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2012

2008
2006
2002
Accumulations, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL &
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Collections, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
New Paintings, Joseph Gazzuolo Fine Arts Gallery, N. Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN
Recent Paintings, Winona Art Center, Winona, MN

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012
2011
Continuum 2012, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
New American Paintings,
Exhibition in Print, Midwestern Edition No.95
Drawing Resurfaced, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Summer Invitational,
Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Quiet,
Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Between Spaces, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Visual Arts, University of WI, Milwaukee, WI
Chunks,
SKYDIVE, Houston, TX
2010
Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now 2010, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Fluctuations: MA Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Visual Arts, University of WI, Milwaukee, WI
2009
Biennial 25, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN 
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
2007
The Artist Project, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2005
Art Expo, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Biennial: 2D II, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN

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
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

Gallery Representation:
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL

Fellowships|Grants|Awards:
2012
2010

2009
2001
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant (CAAP), Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Graduate School Travel Award, University of WI - Milwaukee
Frederick R. Layton Fellowship, University of WI - Milwaukee
Layton Travel Grant, University of WI - Milwaukee
Women's Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN, (Scholarship Recipient)

Artist Residencies:
2010
2002
2001
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|Publications:

Pantiel, Mindy, Style Maker | Fine Art: Melanie Pankau, Luxe Interiors + Design, July 2013
Bonney, Grace, Melanie Pankau, Design Sponge, January 8, 2013
Open Press Studios, New American Paintings, Midwestern Edition, No. 95, 2011
Dunigan, Peggy Sue, Quiet Speaks Volumes at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Shepherd Express, August 25-31, 2011
Murrell, Kat, A Powerful "Quiet" At Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Third Coast Digest, July 29, 2011
Cream City Review, Spring, 2011
Gillespie, Evan, Size Matters at SBMA, South Bend Tribune, July 5, 2009
White, Collier, Winter Apples-3 New Openings in the Low Digits, www.mplsart.com, Feb. 17, 2008
Abbe, Mary, Minnesota Mavericks, Star Tribune, October 27, 2005
Tomfohrde, Cameron, Patient Assertion, www.mnartists.org, March 21, 2005
Brittain, Steven, Pankau Exhibit at Winona Arts Center, Winona Daily News, July 20, 2002


Selected Collections:
Boston Scientific Corporation
Faegre & Benson
Private Collections