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Chris Bose // Jesus Coyote curated by Doug Buis


  • Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art 421 Cawston Avenue (unit 103) Kelowna, BC, V1Y 6Z1 Canada (map)
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Chris Bose’s Jesus Coyote was a multi-media exhibition. Archival images of N’laka pamux people were juxtaposed with Jesus Coyote, a mythic trickster figure created by Bose, a hybrid of Christian and First Nations beliefs. Through his artwork, Bose wrestled with demons in the form of the traumatic effects of the residential school system on his parents, aunts, uncles, and how that trauma has rebounded on his generation.

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Chris Bose is a writer, multi-disciplinary artist, musician, curator and filmmaker. He is a founding member of the Arbour Collective, an Aboriginal arts collective based in Kamloops, with a national membership. He is also a workshop facilitator of community arts events, digital storytelling, art workshops with people of all ages and backgrounds. Bose performs curatorial work for First Nations art shows and projects, and research and writing for periodicals across Canada. He is also involved with project management and coordination, mixed-media productions, film, audio and video recording and editing, and is a music festival producer. Chris Bose is of the N'laka'pamux/Secwepemc Nation in BC, and currently spends his time in Kamloops, BC.

To see more of his work’s, you can view Chris’ website here.


Doug Buis was born in London Ontario, and lived in many places including Mexico, Montreal, Saskatoon, and California before moving to Kamloops BC. His BFA is from the University of Victoria and his MFA is from  York University in Toronto.  His exhibition history includes galleries and museums across Canada, Holland, Belgium, Korea, and USA.

In his own work he investigates our malleable perception of  landscape and environment through a series of different media and strategies including sculpture, video, kinetic art, installation, other time-based media, photography and some writing.