Tim Paul Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

In 2019 Paul began work on a Language Revitalization Pole that was commissioned by the First Nations Education Foundation (FNEF) to commemorate the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Language, using an 800 year old wind fallen cedar log. The totem will symbolize the ten relations of the Nuu-Chul-Nuth people

Tim Paul is a member of the Hesquiaht tribe from the Nuu-Chah-Nulth first nation. He is a master carver from Esperanza Inlet British Columbia. He was the senior carver at the Royal British Columbia Museum until 1992 when he left to oversee an indigenous education program for the Port Alberni school board on Vancouver Island.

While working at Thunderbird Park he accepted commissions for many high profile totem poles. His work can be seen at the Great Hall of the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec and in Auckland, New Zealand as a presentation to commemorate the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Paul has also worked as the Chief Carver on projects for Stanley Park in Vancouver and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in England. In addition to totem poles, Paul also carves masks and sculpture, and creates screen printed art.

In 1975, Paul began carving at the Arts of the Raven Studio in Victoria, B.C. He learned under the direction of Ben Andrews and John Livingston. In 1977 he became an assistant carver to Richard Hunt at Thunderbird Park at the Royal British Columbia Museum. Seven years later he was the first carver from outside of the Hunt family to become a senior carver. He worked at Thunderbird Park until 1992, when he left to develop the indigenous education curriculum for the Port Alberni school board.