Email:rasche.cindy@gmail.com

Solo Exhibitions

2001	Beyond Barriers, Solo Show, Artspice Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011	Annual Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX Artisans at Rocky Hill + Texas Society of Sculptors, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX Northwest Art League Spring Exhibition, Houston, Texas Annual Convention Exhibition, Lone Star Art League, Houston TX
2010	Texas Society of Sculptors+ Live Oak, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, aLoft Hotel, Dallas, TX Annual Convention Exhibition, Lone Star Art League, Houston TX Northwest Art League Spring Exhibition, Houston, TX
2001	Members Show, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK
2000	Members Show, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK Faculty Show, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK
1998	Living Artists Society Premiere Exhibition, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK
1997	Generations, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK Ponca City Art Association Member's Show, Ponca City, OK
1991	Cynthia Butler Rasche and Robin Orbach Starke. Kirkpatrick Gallery for Oklahoma Artists, Oklahoma City, OK Missing Pieces, Northern Oklahoma College Faculty Show, Tonkawa and Ponca City, OK The Pink Show, Cindy Butler Rasche, Audrey Schmitz and Jenny Carnes Crain, Artsplace Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
1990	Oklahoma Art Workshops Seventh Annual Exhibition, Tulsa, OK Southwestern Regional Exhibition, Hobbs, NM Northern Oklahoma College Faculty Exhibition, Ponca City, OK
1989	Works on Paper, 1989-90 Statewide Traveling Exhibition, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
1988	Woman Art Xll, Wichita, KS Southwestern Regional Exhibition, Hobbs, NM
1988	Two Oklahoma Women Artists, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Classen Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
1988-89	Works on Paper, Statewide Traveling Exhibition, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
1987	Sixth Annual Arab Art Exposition, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1986	Dubai Art Society Exhibition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1985	Barriers and Passageways, MFA Thesis Show, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Louisiana Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA Contemporary Louisiana Glass, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1984	Small Sculpture in Glass, Juried Invitational, Perception Galleries, Houston, TX Glass Art Society Student Show, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY Art for Art's Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1983	Three Artists in Glass, Delgado College, New Orleans, LA Fourth Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Louisiana Glass, Invitational, Nuance Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Grants and Awards

2011	First Place Sculpture, Northwest Art League Spring Exhibition, Houston,TX
2010	Best of Show, Texas Society of Sculptors + Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX First and Second Place Sculpture, and Second Place Mixed Media, Northwest Art League, Houston, TX Second Place Sculpture, Lone Star Art Guild Convention, Houston, TX
1997	First Place Sculpture and First Place Mixed Media, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK
1996	First Place in Sculpture, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK
1990	Juror's Award, Oklahoma Art Workshops, Tulsa, OK Scholarship, Adult Institute for the Arts, Quartz Mountain, OK First Place Sculpture, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK
1989	Best of Show, Woman Art Xll, Wichita, KS Merit Award, Southwestern Regional Exhibition, Hobbs, NM
1988	First Place Sculpture, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK
1985	Eleanor Kohlmeyer Graduate Award for Studio Art, New Orleans, LA
1983-5	Graduate Fellowship, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Education

Master of Fine Arts 1985 Newcomb College of Art, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1977 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus,OH
Digital Design and Graphic Design Certificate 2007 Sessions College for Professional Design, NYC, NY

Professional Organizations

Texas Sculpture Association, Austin, TX
Texas Society of Sculptors, Dallas, TX
Northwest Art League, Houston, TX
Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX,
Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Houston, TX
Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Women in the Arts, Republic of Singapore
International Sculpture Center

Solo Exhibitions

2001	Beyond Barriers, Solo Show, Artspice Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011	Annual Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX Artisans at Rocky Hill + Texas Society of Sculptors, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX Northwest Art League Spring Exhibition, Houston, Texas Annual Convention Exhibition, Lone Star Art League, Houston TX
2010	Texas Society of Sculptors+ Live Oak, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, aLoft Hotel, Dallas, TX Annual Convention Exhibition, Lone Star Art League, Houston TX Northwest Art League Spring Exhibition, Houston, TX
2001	Members Show, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK
2000	Members Show, Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK Faculty Show, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK
1998	Living Artists Society Premiere Exhibition, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK
1997	Generations, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, OK Ponca City Art Association Member's Show, Ponca City, OK
1991	Cynthia Butler Rasche and Robin Orbach Starke. Kirkpatrick Gallery for Oklahoma Artists, Oklahoma City, OK Missing Pieces, Northern Oklahoma College Faculty Show, Tonkawa and Ponca City, OK The Pink Show, Cindy Butler Rasche, Audrey Schmitz and Jenny Carnes Crain, Artsplace Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
1990	Oklahoma Art Workshops Seventh Annual Exhibition, Tulsa, OK Southwestern Regional Exhibition, Hobbs, NM Northern Oklahoma College Faculty Exhibition, Ponca City, OK
1989	Works on Paper, 1989-90 Statewide Traveling Exhibition, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
1988	Woman Art Xll, Wichita, KS Southwestern Regional Exhibition, Hobbs, NM
1988	Two Oklahoma Women Artists, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Classen Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
1988-89	Works on Paper, Statewide Traveling Exhibition, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
1987	Sixth Annual Arab Art Exposition, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1986	Dubai Art Society Exhibition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1985	Barriers and Passageways, MFA Thesis Show, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Louisiana Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA Contemporary Louisiana Glass, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1984	Small Sculpture in Glass, Juried Invitational, Perception Galleries, Houston, TX Glass Art Society Student Show, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY Art for Art's Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1983	Three Artists in Glass, Delgado College, New Orleans, LA Fourth Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Louisiana Glass, Invitational, Nuance Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Sculpture and Symbols

My freestanding and relief sculptures take their physical form from mud brick and adobe structures I saw while living in the Middle East and visiting New Mexico. The walls stand up like barriers which the viewer can walk around or visually pass to the other side through the door and window openings. After I build the walls and reliefs, I carve and paint the masonry surfaces with images and symbols which relate to ancient wall paintings and rock carvings.

I am fascinated with the way the ancient carving communicate through time, even if it is not possible to understand the original meanings exactly. Recently, I have begun to use increasingly animated and personal carvings and images. The glass beads on the surface reflect direct light in the same way the lines on the roadway do when seen by headlights in a car. They also give the surface a pleasing, rough quality, and appear to intensify the underlying color when light is reflected back to the viewer. The light reflections sparkle and change as the viewer moves around the sculpture. I have always been interested in the contrast between light and shadow. These glass beads increase the range of value beyond what is achievable with cast shadows and pigment alone, and make the surface lively.

Cindy Butler Rasche
April, 2011