Exhibitions

DAWIT L. PETROS: A RECURRENCE OF FORMS

Space 204 (Vanderbilt University) September 17, 2020 - December 20, 2020

Dawit L. Petros

View VIRTUAL exhibition here: http://space204.org/dawit-land...

A recurrence of forms traces the legacies of colonialism within African diasporic populations as they linger across multiple spatial, temporal, and formal boundaries. Addressing the complexities of mobility and displacement, Petros’s work is rooted in research and travels across East Africa, southern Europe, and North America between 2012-2019. Comprised of a series of images, sound, and screen prints, this exhibition invites viewers to engage in the living processes and reiterations of colonialism that continually shape the contemporary moment.

Dawit L. Petros is an Eritrean-Canadian visual artist, researcher and educator. He completed the Whitney Independent Study Program, NYC; an MFA (Visual Art) as a Fulbright Fellow at Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; a BFA (Photography) at Concordia University, Montreal, QC and a BA (History) at The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Petros is a co-founder with Heba Y. Amin of the Black Athena Collective. Petros is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Photogra- phy at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is represented by Tiwani Contemporary, London.