Tyson Simmons

(American | Muckleshoot)

Tyson Simmons is a Muckleshoot tribal member, born and raised on Muckleshoot lands on South Puget Sound. He taps into the history and teachings of his people and merges them with his own approach and experience, to create art that is new and exciting – traditional Salish art for the 21st century. He honors the past by celebrating the future. Simmons' work spans diverse approaches and perspectives, creating works in metal, rattles, spears, canoes, story poles, as well as making his own carving knives and tools. Simmons now carries traditional knowledge and teachings, and he is responsible and required to continue to pass them on in a good and humble way. Tyson was mentored by his people’s last-remaining master carver of dugout river canoes and spent thousands of hours perfecting this technique. He has been dedicated to creating art since 2014.