Cease Wyss (Canada)

December 18, 2020

T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss 

Skwxwu7mesh/Sto:Lo/Hawaiian/Swiss 

T’uy’t’tanat- Cease Wyss is an interdisciplinary artist who works with digital media, writing, performance and interdisciplinary arts, and is a community engaged and public artist. Her works range over 30 years and have always focussed on sustainability, permaculture techniques, Coast Salish Cultural elements and have included themes of ethnobotany, lindigenous language revival, Salish weaving and digital media technology. Cease has focussed on connecting her Polynesian roots to her Salish roots through weaving and digital media projects. She has recently been given opportunities for collaborating with indigenous peoples throughout Oceania, specifically Polynesian peoples.  

Cease is embarking on a series of Futurisms projects on national and international projects and will be collaborating with artists and scientists in development of these new works.