Sara Drescher
Education
2022 Master of Fine Arts at Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of North Texas School of Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Teaching Experience
2013-present Art Instruction and Workshops for Adults and Teens
2021-19 Teaching Assistant- Texas Tech Foundations Program
2001-2013 Art Lessons for children
Awards/Recognition
2021 Honorable Mention International Juried Competition, Society of Watercolor Artists
Honorable Mention Fall of Civilization, LHUCA Art Center, Lubbock, TX
Finalist Artistic Excellence Competition Southwest Art Magazine
2020 First Place Still Life, Midland Arts Association Fall Art Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
2017 First Place Mixed Media and First Place Acrylic Painting, Midland Arts Association Fall Art Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
2016 First Place Mixed Media, Midland Arts Association Fall Art Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
Second Place Septemberfest Art Festival, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2015 Finalist for the Hunting Art Prize, Houston, TX
First Place Mixed Media, Midland Arts Association Fall Art Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
2014 Best in Show Odessa Arts Association Spring Art Exhibition, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa TX
First Place Mixed Media, Midland Arts Association Fall Art Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
Third Place Texas Artists Today, Midland, Arts Association, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2013 First Place Watercolor, Midland Arts Association Fall Art Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
Third Place Septemberfest Art Festival, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2012 Distinguished Artist Celebration of the Arts, Midland, TX
Second Place Midland Arts Association Spring Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2010 Best in Show Fem Fantastico Exhibit, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, Odessa, TX
2009 First Place Watercolor and Second Place Mixed Media, Odessa Arts Association Spring Art Exhibition, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX
Award of Merit, Midland Arts Association Fall Art Exhibit, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
2003 First Place Septemberfest Art Festival, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2000 First Place Watercolor, Midland Arts Association Art Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Solo Exhibition Objects Are Stronger Than They Appear, Raw 1899 Gallery, San Angelo, TX
2022 Solo Exhibition Casserole of Femininity, Dab Art, online
Solo Exhibitio, Overlooked: Landscape and Objects in Watercolor, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2021 Solo Exhibition Reclaiming the Casserole, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2018 Solo Exhibition Resonance: The Art of Sara Drescher, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2017 Solo Exhibition Immersion: The Art of Sara Drescher, MCT Gallery, Midland, TX
Two Person Exhibition Saints Squared: The Art of Brad King and Sara Drescher, Kamiposi Gallery, Midland, TX
2016 Solo Exhibition Sara Drescher: Modern Icons and Everyday Saints, CASE Gallery, Ft. Morgan, CO
2012 Solo Exhibition Symbols and Surrealism: The Art of Sara Drescher, Good Brews Coffee, Lubbock, TX
2011 Solo Exhibition Ten Years in Texas: 10 Year Retrospective of the Art of Sara Drescher, MCT Gallery, Midland, TX
2006 Solo Exhibition Artist in Residence Exhibit, Museum of the Southwest Children’s Museum, Midland, TX
2005 Solo Exhibition Virtues and Vices: The Art of Sara Drescher, Midland City Hall, Midland, TX
2002 Solo Exhibition The Faces of Saints: The Current Work of Sara Drescher, MCT Gallery, Midland, TX
2001 Solo Exhibition Surrealism Today: The Art of Sara Drescher, Midland Art Walk, Midland, TX
Group Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition Mujeres de Aztlan, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX
2023 Group Exhibition Roe 2.0, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Group Exhibition Tapped, South Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Group Exhibition Still Life: a Dialogue, Edwardsville, IL
Group Exhibition Avant Garde, Raw 1899 Gallery, San Angelo, TX
Group Exhibition Gilded, Grey Edges Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2021 Group Exhibition Extinction: 2021 International Group Exhibition, Online
2020 Group Exhibition A Splash of Red VII: WTWS Exhibition, Legacy Event Center, Lubbock, TX
Group Exhibition Contemporary Group Exhibition, AO5 Gallery, Austin, TX-postponed due to Covid-19
2018 Group Exhibition Protecting Innocence, Luz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Group Exhibition Mesmerized, Artevaggio Gallery, Duluth, GA
Juried Exhibitions
2022 Contemporary Social Realism, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021 Rising Eyes of Texas, Rockport Art Center, Rockport, TX
Fall of Civilization: International Juried Exhibition, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
State of Contemporary Drawing, Hillard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
New Texas Talent XXVIII, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
International Juried Exhibition, Society of Watercolor Artists, Ft. Worth, TX
21 Artists to Follow in 2021, Virtual Exhibition, Michael Rose Fine Art
realART Juried Exhibition, Agoura, CA
International Water Media Exhibition, Houston, TX
2020 Raw: MFA Exhibition, University of Montana, Missoula, MT-virtual
New Perspectives in Drawing and Painting Virtual Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
She Is!, Cape Girardeau, MO-virtual
2D National Juried Exhibition, Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2020-19, 2013, 2007, 2001-2000 Midland Arts Association Spring Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2020-13, 2010-2007, 2001 Midland Arts Association Fall Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX
2016 Sacred and Liturgical Art, Springfield, IL
2015 Wide Open 6, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Strange Paradise: National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Fourth Annual All Women Art Exhibit, Light Space and Time Online Gallery
2017, 2015-14, 2009, 2007 Odessa Arts Association Spring Exhibition, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX
2014, 2016 Texas Artists Today, Midland Arts Association, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2013 Emerging Artists, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010 Fem Fantastico, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, Odessa, TX
Artist in Residence
2021 Artist in Residence, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
2014 Artist in Residence: Library Artist, Midland County Centennial Library, Midland, TX
2006 Artist in Residence, Museum of the Southwest Children’s Museum, Midland, TX
Public Commissions
2020-2013 Midland County Sherrif’s Department, Portrait Commission, series of historical and contemporary portraits, Midland, TX
2019 The Attic Foster Network Corporate Commission, 36x24 mixed media on canvas, Midland, TX
2017 Midland Children’s Rehabilitation Center Corporate Gift Commission, 18x24 watercolor of new facilities, Midland, TX
Visiting Artist Lectures
2019 Creating a Series, Odessa Art Association, Odessa, TX
2018 Business of Art, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Creating a Series, Palette Club, Midland, TX
2017 Social Media for Artists, Palette Club, Midland, TX
Collections-Private
Dr. and Mrs. Sam Soleyn, New Mexico
Dr. and Mrs. Santosh Vargheese, California
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Snelson, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. James Snelson, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Snelson, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Green, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cain, Texas
Dr. Leslie Chupp, Texas
Ms. Sara Kiper, Nevada
Ms. Georgeann Walton, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Falcon, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Springs, New Mexico
Ms. Amanda Richardson, Texas
Ms. April Barlow, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robinson, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Roberson, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Thomas, Texas
Ms. Alexandra Derck, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kirk, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Brad King, Texas
Ms. Vanessa Matthews, California
Ms. Lori Goe, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Spencer, Texas