T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss

T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss is a Skwxwu7mesh, Sto:lo, Hawaiian, and Swiss educator, interdisciplinary artist, Indigenous ethnobotanist and food security activist engaged in community based teaching and sharing. Wyss’s 30-year practice connects storytelling and collaborative initiatives through restoration of Indigenous plants and natural spaces. Wyss has been recognized for exchanging traditional knowledge in remediating relationships to land alongside themes of site-specific engagement, language revitalization, digital media, and weaving. Wyss has participated and exhibited at galleries, museums, festivals, and public space such as Vancouver Art Gallery, Morris, Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery, and the PuSh Festival. Their work can be found in various collections such as the National Library of Canada, Special Collections at the Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, and the Vancouver Public Library. Since 2019 they have led the transformation of x̱aw̓s shew̓áy̓ New Growth «新生林» an urban Indigenous garden located in Vancouver BC. They have received numerous honours and awards including an Honorary Doctorate from Emily Carr University (2022), City of Vancouver Artist Studio Award (2022-2025), the City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for film and new media (2010).