Tony Sims is an interdisciplinary artist, scholar, director, and educator. Their work and research focus on the ethos of postmemory/postmemorial embodied practices concerning African American history in contemporary performance. Interested in visual history, Sims explores the ethics of intersubjectivity within re-performance and subject/objecthood. Employing stillness within their artistic practice and research, they are curious about the multifaceted opportunities between the performance of opacity, disappearance, living history, and personal narratives concerning African American historical memory.

They hold a BFA in Musical Theatre from Western Carolina University. Additionally, they studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University within the MFA in Acting program and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago within the MFA Performance program.