was lead artist for the Artback’s murals The Cycle of Wood Redux 2013, Celebration ‘98 and Bird Party 2007, and, with collaborators Reeva Wortel and Emily Hyde, The Tree of Life 2002. She works in a variety of mediums including bronze, papier maché, graphite on paper, charcoal and acrylics; her bronzes are on display in the Lawrence Gallery in Sheridan. Kolieha was invited to the 1996 pARTy in West Linn, and to the 1992 Bronze Invitational at Chemeketa College. She has been creating papier maché pieces to sell at the Oregon Country Fair for the last thirty years, painted for McMenamin’s for 25 years and is a member of the Spiral Gallery Cooperative in Estacada.
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was the lead artists for the The Que Tus Sueños Te Lleven a la Vida Que te Haga Feliz Mural (Let your Dreams Guide you to a Happy Life) 2022 and a collaborative lead artist for the mural, The Tree of Life 2002. She was the lead artist in a 1996 interactive mural for homeschoolers in Ashland, and has worked on twelve Artback murals. An Estacada native, she is both a dancer and a visual artist, specializing in pastels and oil pastels. Reeva worked in collaboration with playwright Leigh Fondakowski on SPILL, a multi-media performance piece on the BP oil spill and its continued impact on the people and the environment of the Gulf Coast. She has a BA in interdisciplinary studies from Naropa University, Boulder. Reeva was the artist- in-residence at the Estacada Grade School in 2001 and at the High School and Junior High in 2012, working with the students on SPILL related curriculum.
worked in collaboration with Kolieha Bush and Reeva Wortel as lead artist on Tree of Life 2002. She is a full-time victim’s advocate, employed by the Multnomah County DA’s office. Emily does art therapy at a domestic violence transition home in Portland, and helped design the summer program there. She is a homeschooled artist, trapeze performer, costume designer and jewelry maker, raised in Eagle Creek. Creatively using found items from the dump and elsewhere, Emily has received awards for her recycled fashion designs. She lives in Portland with her husband, Hayden.
