Publication_Information
Curatorial Tour: Dawit L. Petros, From the Edge of the Horizon II with Leah Taylor
October 04, 2025 - October 04, 2025
As part of A Topographical Summit curator Leah Taylor will provide a public tour of Dawit L. Petros’ exhibition From the Edge of the Horizon II at the University of Saskatchewan College Art Galleries. The artist will be in attendance. Lunch and refreshments will be provided in Convocation Hall. Image Credit: Untitled Prologue II), Nouakchott, Mauritania, Dawit L. Petros, CA, 2016, archival color pigment print. Courtesy of the artist, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, and Tiwani Contemporary, London © the artist, 2025.
About the Artist
Dawit L. Petros is a visual artist, researcher and educator. Born in Eritrea, Petros also lived in Ethiopia and Kenya before his family moved to Canada. Arriving in Saskatoon as a young child, he entered a landscape and culture very different from his East African origins. Over time, he and his family became part of a close-knit Eritrean community and established a strong sense of connection in the Prairie city. Petros has described Saskatoon as foundational to his artistic practice.
Petros completed the Whitney Independent Study Program, an MFA in Visual Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University; a BFA in Photography from Concordia University and a BA in History from the University of Saskatchewan. Petros is represented by Tiwani Contemporary in London, UK and Bradley Ertaskiran in Montreal, Canada.
