Sylvia Emery Wilhelm 

Sylvia has always enjoyed experimenting with various art forms, particularly collage. She also owned a textile design business for 25 years making hand painted and printed fabrics for design houses, stores and individuals.

She had her first success exhibiting collages in fourth grade, winning the grand prize and a candy bar. In her twenties she headed into the world of dance creating painted costumes and designed sets for all of her works.  This eventually morphed into a hand painted textile design business she owned and operated for 25 years. She block-printed, screen-printed, printed with found objects, and stenciled designs onto dyed fabrics for private clients, stores and wholesale design houses.  For the past 10 years, Sylvia has returned to collage and oil painting, and has been experimenting with applying some of her printing techniques to painted paper, which is then cut or torn to use in collages, assemblages, or works that combine painting with collage.   Her work has been displayed throughout the western slope of Colorado and in the Denver area.

Awards include: Honorable mention, Rocky Mountain Collage Society biennial 2020; Best of Show for, Culture Festival Mesa County Libraries 2019; Honorable Mention, International Bee Festival Art exhibit 2019;  Art In Public Places, Colorado Mesa University 2016;  Honorable Mention, 100 Year Anniversary Roller Dam Exhibit 2015;  Honorable Mention, Rocky Mountain Collage Society biennial shows 2012 & 2018;  Outstanding Exhibitor, Planet Earth Gallery 2010;  Art work selected for Grand Junction Arts Commission Champion of the Arts Award, 2009 & 2011; Paintings and collages bought for the new Saint Mary’s Hospital, 2009 & 2016 

Sylvia’s work has been published in Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, West magazine, House Beautiful, Food and Wine, The Beacon, The Denver Post, and The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. 

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