Tim Paul

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Hesquiaht / Nuu Chah Nulth

Tim Paul learned carving skills at the Arts of the Raven Gallery, in Victoria in 1975. He then assisted Richard Hunt in the Royal British Columbia Museum's carving programme at Thunderbird Park in Victoria. Since 1976, Tim Paul has been a senior carver at the Royal British Columbia Museum. In addition to being a talented carver, Tim Paul is a gifted graphic artist. He has released limited edition silkscreen prints that have as their subject matter various legends of Nuu Chah Nulth culture. Tim also paints in acrylic. Whatever the medium, Tim Paul's work is characterized by a high level of skill and originality. Tim is dedicated to upholding traditions of his culture through his teaching in addition to his work as an artist.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

* Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
* Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC
* Windsor Great Park, Windsor, England
* Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California
* Captain Cook Museum, Middleborough, England
* Department of Fisheries, Nanaimo, BC
* Swedish Cultural House, The Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
* University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* House of Himwitsa, Tofino, BC

CHIEF CARVER PROGRAMMES

* Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
* Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England
* Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
* Commonwealth Games (1990), Auckland, New Zealand

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1987 Hands of Creation, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1989 Masks, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1990 Painted Drums of the Northwest Coast, Inuit Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994 Life of the Copper: A Commonwealth of Tribal Nations, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1996 Two Dimensional Show, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC

1996 Spirits of the Forest, Sea and Sky: Masks by Mastercarvers of the Northwest Coast, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1996 Above and Beyond, group exhibition, Derek Simpkins Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC

1996 Tribal Miniatures: Treasures of the Northwest Coast, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1997 Humwitsa: Stories and Teachings, solo exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1997 Tribal Miniatures '97, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1998 Tribal Miniatures '98, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

1999 Tribal Miniatures '99, annual exhibition, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

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