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Henk Pander    Images  |  Bio

Born: 1937, Haarlem, The Netherlands

EDUCATION

Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam 1956-1961

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS, SELECTED

“Retrospective,” Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR (upcoming) 2011
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (upcoming) 2009
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IA (upcoming) 2009
Utrecht Art Fair, Netherlands (upcoming) 2008
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
“Watercolors,” Gall De Rietlanden, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008
“American Landscapes,” Museum Henriette Polak, Zutphen, Netherlands 2007
?War Stories,? Rock Creek Gallery, PCC, Portland, OR 2006
"Spectacular Requiem: Paintings by Henk Pander," Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2004-2005
Recent Drawings, P:ear Gallery, Portland, OR 2003
"Still Lifes and Memories," Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA 2002
“New Carissa,” Portland Art Museum 2001
Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2001
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999
Cannon Beach Art Association, OR 1998
"Before the Encounter, After the Rain," Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA 1997
"Remembering Holland," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1995
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR 1995
Theater designs, Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 1994
Theater designs, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR 1992
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 1991
Pulliam Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR 1988, 1990
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1989
Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR 1988
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1986
Department of Art and Architecture, Portland State University, OR 1984
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1984, 1985
"Retrospective," Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1983
Astronomy watercolors, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR 1982
Drawings 1973-82, Portland Art Museum, OR 1982
Governor's Ceremonial Offices, Salem, OR 1980
Drawings, Bayard Gallery, New York, NY 1978
Drawings and watercolors, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 1977
Drawings, Ann Hughes Gallery, Portland, OR 1977
Drawings, Phoenix Gallery, Berkeley, CA 1970
White Gallery, Portland State University, OR 1967, 1969
Drawings, Portland Art Museum, OR 1966
Galerie Ina Broerse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1964, 1967
Leeuwarden Cultural Center, Friesland, The Netherlands 1960

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTED

“Art on Paper,” Rijksmuseum Maastricht (bonnefantenmuseum), Maastricht, Netherlands 2008
“Landscapes,” Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA 2008
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
“The Drawn Line,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2007
“20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006
“Drawing(s): A 25th Anniversary Exhibition,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2005
"Past Present," Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 2005
“War Drawings,” Visual Arts Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College, Portland, OR 2005
“Intersections: Artists and Firefighters,” Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center 2005
"Unforeseen," Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR; invitational 2003
“Painting Portland,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR; invitational 2003
“Draw,” Core Sample Exhibition, The Maytag Building, Portland, OR; invitational 2003
"Voor het Oog van de Kunstenaar," Vakbondsmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003
"Correspondence," Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2003
"By Hand," Portland Art Museum, OR 2002
"Strong Art/Social Art," Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, WA 2001
"American Still Life," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999
"Beauty in the Beast," Maryhill Museum, WA 1999
Visual Chronicle, Multnomah Central Library, Portland, OR 1998
"Pander X 11, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands 1997
Wentz Gallery, Museum Art School, Portland Art Museum, OR 1974, 1997
"Paint Fiction," Art Initiatives, New York 1996
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL 1995, 1996
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA 1992-1995
"Dutch Contribution," Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA 1994
Documents Northwest, The PONCHO Series, Seattle Art Museum, WA 1992-1993
"About Face," Tacoma Art Museum, WA 1993
Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1993
"West to the Oregon Territory," Maryhill Museum, WA 1993
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR 1990
Pulliam Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR 1990
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1989
Maryhill Museum, WA 1989
"Space Art and Astronomy," New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA 1986
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1986
National Juried Space Exhibit, Nexus, Atlanta, GA 1982
Dutch/American Bicentennial, Meany Hall, Seattle, WA 1982
Portland Center for the Visual Arts, OR 1981
Portland Art Museum, OR 1967. 1969, 1972, 1981
Dutch Watercolor Society, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1973, 1975
School of Arts and Lectures, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 1972
Boise Art Museum, ID 1971
Drawing Society National Exhibition, New York, NT 1970
Northwest Annual, Seattle Art Museum, WA 1969
Artists of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, OR 1969
Los Angeles County Museum, CA 1968
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1960, 1968
Bussem Cultural Center, The Netherlands 1967
Zonnehof Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands 1965
Museum Hengelo, The Netherlands 1965
Dutch National Railway Exhibition, Riijksacadamie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1964
Therese van Duyl Schwarze Portrait Competition, Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1964
Galerie Pictura, Groningen, The Netherlands 1963
National Competition, Frisiana Exhibition, The Netherlands 1963
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands 1962
Talens National Competition Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1961
Prix de Rome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1961
“Start,” Annual Invitational touring show of young Dutch artists sponsored by the Dutch Government 1961-63

COMMISSIONS, SELECTED

Painting for Fire Station 108, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Santa Clarita, CA 2008
Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, Salem, OR Series of Works 2006
Portland Fire Department, OR, Series of Works 2003
Oregon Department of Forestry, Tillamook, OR, "Tillamook Burn" 2002
Port of Portland, OR, "PortlandPort" 2000
Portrait, Oregon Supreme Court Judge Emeritus Professor Hans Linde 1999
Kirkland Park Place, WA, Series of Works 1998
Heathman Lodge, Vancouver, WA 1998
Ross Island Sand and Gravel Company, Portland, OR 1997
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR, mural 1994
Northwest Business Committee for the Arts, Portland, OR, mural for Tri-Met bus in
collaboration with Jacob and Arnold Pander 1994
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, OR, 3 murals 1989
NASA, Project Galileo, Jupiter Probe, Pasadena, CA and Kennedy Space Center, Florida 1987, 1989
City of Portland, Bureau of Emergency Communications, Kelly butte, OR, mural 1988
Multnomah Athletic club, Portland, OR 1986
Oregon State University, Memorial Union, Corvallis, OR, 2 murals 1985
Capitol Building, State of Oregon, portrait of Gov. Tom McCall 1982
City Hall, Portland, OR, Metro Arts Commission 1981
Art Advocates, Portland, OR, special project series of works 1978-79
Friends of Timberline, Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR, portrait of C.S. Price 1976
Dutch National Railway, The Netherlands 1972
Deltaworks, Louwerszeewerken, Dutch Government, The Netherlands 1963

COLLECTIONS, SELECTED

Amberglen, Tanasbourne, Beaverton, OR
City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
City of Portland, OR
Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA
Dutch Government, The Netherlands
French American International School, Portland, OR
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, OR
Harsch Investment Corp., Portland, OR
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA
Kaiser Cascade Park Medical Center, Portland, OR
Komatsu Silicon America, Beaverton, OR
McCormack Communications, Portland, OR
Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, OR
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, OR
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Schnitzer Investment Corp., Portland, OR
State of Oregon, Salem, OR
Tonkon Torp, Portland, OR
Tri Met, Portland, OR
University of Oregon, Knight Library, Eugene, OR
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
West One Bank, Portland, OR
Numerous private collections

SELECTED AWARDS

Visual Arts Fellowship, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR 2006
Governor's Arts Award, Salem, OR 2005
Artist Residency, “Intersections: Portland Fire and Rescue,” Regional Arts & Culture Council 2005
Drammy Award for Best Set, 1992 Season, Portland, OR 1992
Master Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR 1991
National Association of Journalists for editorial illustrations 1985, 1986, 1987
Individual Artists Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, Or 1978
Artists of Oregon First Prize, Portland Art Museum, Allen Weller, Juror 1969
Prins Bernhard Foundation Grant, The Netherlands 1965
Therese van Duyl Schwarze Portrait Prize, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1964
Frisiana Prize, Friesland, The Netherlands 1963
UNESCO Scholarship for Higher Instruction, Antwerp, The Netherlands 1962
Talens Prize, Talens National Competition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1961
Prix de Rome, Silver Medal national competition, The Netherlands 1961
Dutch Government Scholarship to Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam 1956-61

RELATED EXPERIENCE

De Avonden,” V.P. R.O., Two interviews for Dutch National Radio by Gijsbert Van der Wal, August 2007
“Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art,” Portland Art Museum, Gallery Talk 2007
“Still Life and Other Journeys From the Studio,” a film by Jacob Pander, premier, September 27
at the Portland Art Museum 2003
Friends of Timberline, Timberline Lodge, OR, Board member 2003
Portland Art Museum, OR, Docent lecture 2002
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, Environmental Conference and Art Department lectures 2001
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, WA, lecture 2001
National Conference at Art Therapists, Portland, OR, lecture 1998
Cannon Beach Art Association, OR, Juror 1997
Tears of Joy Puppet Theater, Fire on the Mountain, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, OR
Set and Puppet Design 1991-97
Friends of the Performing Arts Center, Portland, OR, lecture 1995
Northwest Figurative Artists Association, University of Washington, Seattle, panel discussion 1994
Public Art Advisory Committee, City of Portland, OR 1993-95
10th Anniversary Exhibition of the Portland Visual Chronicle, OR, Curator 1995
Netherlands Business and Cultural Organization, Board member 1995
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR, Visual Arts Grants Panel 1994
Tacoma Art Museum, WA, Talk 1993
Artquake, Portland, OR, Juror 1993
Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, Macbeth, Portland Center of the Performing Arts, OR, Set Design 1992
Seattle Art Museum, WA, Slide presentation 1992
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR, Public Art Advisory Committee 1992-93
Art Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, Lecture 1992
Visual Chronicle of Portland, Metropolitan Arts Commission, OR, Founder and member 1985-91
Oregon Ballet Theater, Scheherazade, Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR, Set Design 1990
Storefront Theatre, Cuchulain Cycle, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, OR, Set Design 1989
Portland Art Museum, OR, Slide presentation 1982, 1988
Coast Council for the Arts, Newport, OR, Juror for “Human Form,” competition 1987
Storefront Theatre, Portland, OR, Board member and Founder 1970-1987
Salem Arts Association, OR, Coastline drawing competition juror 1986
Rogers Cablesystems, Portland, OR, “Art Scene,” film 1986
Portland State University, OR, Slide presentation 1984
C.G. Jung Institute National Symposium, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, Lecture 1983
Portland Dance Theatre, Echo, Civic Auditorium, OR, Set Design, Toured San Francisco 1978
Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Slide presentation 1975




PUBLICATIONS

“The Painter,” Tillamook PUD Ruralite, February 2008, pp.14-15
Van der Wal, Gijsbert, Kunst Schrift, “Panders Vanitasvliegtuigen,” Dutch Art Periodical, August 2007, p. 52
Luijten, Ger, and Michael Hoyle, Henk Pander: American Landscape . Amerikaanse Landschappen, exhibition
catalogue, Museum Henriette Polak, Zutphen, The Netherlands, 2007
Row, D.K. “Arresting Images,” The Sunday Oregonian, June 24, 2007, pp. O1,6-7
Speer, Richard, “Paradoxical Portland,” art ltd, West Coast Art And Design, March 2007, pp. 56-62
Goodman, Jonathan, Henk Pander, 2006, illustrated, tri-fold brochure
“Henk Pander: Working in the Public Realm,” Oregon’s Percent for Art Program: A Public Legacy, Oregon
Arts Commission brochure, illustrated, September 2006, p. 8
Roberts, Prudence, ”Artist Henk Pander 2006 RACC Fellowship Winner,” ARTnotes, Regional Arts & Culture
Council. September/October 2006,Vol 12, No. 2, pp. 1, 5
Gallivan, Joseph, “Henk Pander,” Portland Tribune, Friday August 18, 2006, p. B6
Row, D.K. “Recently Reviewed: Henk Pander,” The Oregonian, A&E, July 21, 2006, p. 41
Row, D.K. “A Beautiful Darkness,” The Sunday Oregonian, July 16, 2006, pp. 01, 08-09
Row, D.K. “D.K.’s Hot Sheet: Henk Pander,” The Oregonian, A&E, July 7, 2006, p. 33
“Regional Arts & Culture Council Awards Visual Arts Fellowship to Henk Pander,” RACC Press Release,
www.racc.org, June 30, 2006
Row, D.K. “Pander wins council fellowship,” The Oregonian, June 30, 2006, p.E3
Row, D.K. “2005 In Review: The Coming of Age Award,” The Sunday Oregonian, January 1, 2006, p. O8
Blake, Victoria, “A Quarter Century of Quality,” The Oregonian, A&E, December 2, 2005
Allan, Lois, “Henk Pander at Laura Russo Gallery,” Artweek, June 2005, p. 19-20
Kendellen, Peggy, "Artists + Firefighters = Memorable Experiences," Art Notes, The Regional Arts & Culture
Council, Vol. 10 No. 6, May/June 2005, p. 1
Cantor, Allyn, "Henk Pander: Paintings," Preview The Gallery Guide, April/May 2005, p. 24
Row, D.K. "Shows of Note," The Oregonian, April 8, 2005, A&E p. 25
Row, D.K. "Critic's Picks," The Oregonian, April 7, 2005, p. E1
Gallivan, Joseph, "Prepare for a First Thursday Art Attack," Portland Tribune, April 5, 2005, p. B3
Row, D.K. "Gloom and Wonder," The Oregonian, January 2, 2005, pp. E1, E8, illus. on cover
Atiyeh, Megan, "Artist in Residence," The Organ, (Portland, OR) No. 13 Winter 2004, pp. 16-18 illus.
Byrne, Debra J. "Spectacular Requiem: Paintings by Henk Pander," Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 2004
brochure with essay, illustrations, biography and exhibition checklist
Gragg, Randy, and Matthew Stadler, ed. Core Sample: Portland Art Now, Clear Cut Press, Astoria, OR, 2004
Row, D.K. “Galleries: Work Delves into Isolation and Alienation,” The Oregonian, July 1, 2004, p. E3
Row, D.K. “Joan Livingstone, Chris Gander and Henk Pander,” The Oregonian, June 11, 2004, p. 25
Gitlen, Laurel, “Unforeseen: Four Painted Predictions,” The Organ Review of Arts, Portland, OR,
January/February 2004, p. 6 (review)
Row, D.K. “Eerie Exactitude,” The Oregonian, December 15, 2003, p. C1, C5 (review)
Row, D.K. “Unforeseen: Four Painted Predictions,” The Oregonian, December 19, 2003, A&E p. 25
Allan, Lois, “Core Sample Throughout Portland,” Artweek, Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004, p. 25
Fauntleroy, Gussie, “Feast Your Eyes,” Southwest Art, Vol. 33 No. 7, December 2003, p.109
Row, D.K. “Farewell to All That,” The Oregonian, November 28, 2003, p. 26 A&E
Ramos, Nestor, “Behind the Canvases of Henk Pander,” The Oregonian, November 11, 2003, p. E4
Allan, Lois, “Painting Portland at The Art Gym, Marylhurst University,” Artweek, November 2003, pp. 25-26
Row, D.K. “Unearthing a Scene,” The Oregonian, October 19, 2003, pp. E1-E2
"Henk Pander," The Oregonian, ArtsWeek, Sept. 8, 2002
Sue Taylor, “Henk Pander,” Art in America, review, November 2001, p. 157
The Pacific Northwest Landscape: A Painted History, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA, 2001
"Oil and Water," The Oregonian, ArtsWeek, Sept. 24, 2000
NASA & The Exploration of Space, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, NY, 1998
Cover Art, Prescott Street Press (Anthology), 1995
Cover Art, Going Out with Peacocks, poetry by Ursula K. LeGuin, hard cover, HarperCollins, NY, 1994
“Dutch Contribution,” catalogue, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, 1994
Drawings, Left Bank, No. 5, Blue Heron Publishing, Hillsboro, OR, 1993
Rotund World, excerpts from Journals, NASA Galileo Project, Portland, OR, 1993
"Scheherazade Set Design for Oregon Ballet Theater," Dance Magazine, review, August 1991
Cover Art, Northwest Magazine, The Oregonian, 1990
Cover Art, "Frozen Music," Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR, 1986
Arts and Architecture, review, Los Angeles, CA, May 1985
Illustrations, In the Red Zone, Ltd. Edition Chapbook, collaborative with Ursula LeGuin, Lord John Press, Northridge, CA, 1983
Catalogue, Portland Art Museum, 1982
Illustrations, 20th Century Masters of Erotic Art, Crown Publications, New York, 1980
Illustrations, Parabola Magazine, NY, 1980
Sky & Telescope Magazine, article written by Henk Pander with illus., Cambridge, MA, January 1979
Illustrations, Amsterdam Getekend, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1979
Cover Art, Encore Magazine of the Arts, Portland, OR, Dec/Jan/Mar/Apr 1977, Jan/Feb 1978
Views of Mount Hood, book of drawings, Ltd edition, Press 22, 1972



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