Melanie Pankau

North Star
2025
Acrylic on panel
25 × 26 in.

Morning Star
2025
Acrylic on panel
25 × 26 in.

The Many Are One
2025
Acrylic on panel
15 × 16 in.

Terra
2025
Acrylic on panel
37 × 38 in.

Emanation
2025
Acrylic on panel
37 × 38 in.

The Center is Always the Beginning
2025
Acrylic on panel
15 × 16. in.

A World That Breathes Behind Itself
2024
Rochester Art Center
Photo: Rik Sferra

Light Lines #2
2024
Etched automatic drawing on glass
15 x 14 in.

Light Lines #3
2024
Etched automatic drawing on glass
15 x 14 in.

Light Lines #5
2024
Etched automatic drawing on glass
13 x 12 in.

Light Lines #1
2024
Etched automatic drawing on glass
15 x 14 in.

Light Lines #6
2024
Etched automatic drawing on glass
13 x 12 in.

Interconnectivity
2024
Acrylic on panel
37 x 38 in.

Interconnectivity (detail)
2024
Acrylic on panel
37 x 38 in.

Pivot
2024
Acrylic on panel
15 x 16 in.

Arising
2024
Acrylic on panel
10 x 11 in.

Repose
2024
Acrylic on panel
14 x 15 in.

Hard Edges, Soft Focus, 2023
Olson Gallery
Bethel University, St. Paul, MN

Involution
2023
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 in.

Involution (detail)
2023
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 in.

Ascent
2023
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 in.

Ether
2023
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 in.

Ether (detail)
2023
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 in.

Ether (Source)
2023
Acrylic on panel
12 x 13 in.

The Board at Case Edgerton Studios, St. Paul, MN
2025

Penetralium
2022
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 in.

Penetralium (detail)
2022
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 inches

Interstice
2022
Acrylic on panel
25 x 26 in.

Source
2022
Acrylic on panel
19 x 18 in.

Manifold
2022
Acrylic on panel
19 x 18 in.

Inner Compass
2020
Acrylic on panel
26 x 22 in.

When the Center Stands Still, 2022
McCormick Gallery, Chicago

An Occurrence of Clarity
2021
Acrylic on panel
26 x 22 in.

When the Center Stands Still
2022
Acrylic on panel
26 x 25 in.

Inner Current
2021
Acrylic on panel
26 x 25 in.

Two Solitudes
2021
Acrylic on panel
26 x 25 in.

Two Solitudes (detail)
2021
Acrylic on panel
26 x 25 in.

Evolution
2021
Acrylic on panel
26 x 22 in.

Attune
2021
Acrylic on panel
26 x 22 in.

Attune (detail)
2021
Acrylic on panel
26 x 22 in.

As Above So Below
2020
Acrylic on panel
26 x 22 in.

From the series, Emblem
2020
Gouache and graphite on paper
26 x 22 in.

From the series, Emblem
2021
Gouache and graphite on paper
26 x 22 in.

A Quiet Index, 2020
TuckUnder Pavilion, Minneapolis, MN
Photo credit: Rik Sferra

A Quiet Index #82
2020
Gouache and graphite on paper
9 x 7 in.

From the series, Emblem
2019
Gouache and graphite on paper
20 x 19 in.

Points of Transition
2019
Acrylic on panel
20 x 22 in.

Re/struct II
2019
Acrylic on panel
20 x 22 in.

In Stillness
2019
Acrylic on panel
20 x 22 in.

In Stillness (detail)
2019
Acrylic on panel
20 x 22 in.

Structures of Light
2022
Acrylic on panel
18 x 19 in.

Thresholds, 2018
The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine’s University, St. Paul, MN
Photo credit: Rik Sferra

Empathy
2018
Acrylic on panel
18 x 19 in.

Re/beginnings
2018
Acrylic on panel
22 x 20 in.

Threshold
2018
Acrylic on panel
20 x 22 in.

Beacon
2018
Acrylic on panel
22 x 20 in.

A State of Openness
2018
Acrylic on panel
22 x 20 in.

Within
2017
Acrylic on panel
30 x 29 in.

A Message
2017
Acrylic on panel
30 x 29 in.

The State of Being Three
2017
Acrylic on panel
29 x 30 in.

The State of Being Three (detail)
2017
Acrylic on panel
29 x 30 in.

Holding Patterns #3
2016
Acrylic on panel
18 x 19 in.

Holding Patterns #4
2016
Acrylic on panel
18 x 19 in.

Field
2017
Acrylic on panel
29 x 30 in.

Re/struct
2016
Acrylic on panel
18 x 19 in.

Holding Patterns #5
2016
Acrylic on panel
19 x 18 in.

Holding Patterns #2
2015
Acrylic on panel
19 x 18 in.

38th year #5
2015
Acrylic on panel
16 x 15 in.

38th year #4
2015
Acrylic on panel
16 x 15 in.

38th year #1
2015
Acrylic on panel
16 x 15 in.

38th year #3
2015
Acrylic on panel
16 x 15 in.

Passing Through #8
2013
Acrylic on panel
36 x 35 in.

Passing Through #3
2013
Acrylic on panel
12 x 13 in.

February - August #3
2014
Acrylic on panel
23 x 24 in.

Passing Through #7
2013
Acrylic on panel
36 x 35 in.

February - August #4
2014
Acrylic on panel
23 x 24 in.

February - August #6
2014
Acrylic on panel
23 x 24 in.

Passing Through #6
2013
Acrylic on panel
12 x 13 in.

Passing Through #1
2013
Acrylic on panel
12 x 13 in.

Passing Through #2
2013
Acrylic on panel
12 x 13 in.