Dawit L. Petros

Dawit L. Petros Installation view, Franklin Art Works installation (2011)
Dawit L. Petros
Installation view, Franklin Art Works installation (2011)
Mimesis (The Woodstock Series) Untitled (Waterfall) (2007) C-prints; 24h x 40w in (60.96h x 101.6w cm) Edition of 7 with 1 AP
Mimesis (The Woodstock Series) Untitled (Waterfall) (2007)
C-prints; 24h x 40w in (60.96h x 101.6w cm)
Edition of 7 with 1 AP
Proposition 1: Mountain (2007) C-print; Edition of 7 with 1 AP 26h x 34w in (66.04h x 86.36w cm)
Proposition 1: Mountain (2007)
C-print; Edition of 7 with 1 AP
26h x 34w in (66.04h x 86.36w cm)
A Total Instance of Reflexivity Western escarpment of the Rift Valley, Sigeneity, Eritrea: looking south to Kenya (2008) C-prints, painted plywood and plexiglass 24h x 20w x 4d in (60.96h x 50.8w x 10.16d cm)
A Total Instance of Reflexivity
Western escarpment of the Rift Valley, Sigeneity, Eritrea: looking south to Kenya (2008)
C-prints, painted plywood and plexiglass
24h x 20w x 4d in (60.96h x 50.8w x 10.16d cm)
Untitled (Confluence I) Mombassa, Kenya; from the series Fragments (2008) C-print; 20h x 24w in (50.8h x 60.96w cm)
Untitled (Confluence I)
Mombassa, Kenya; from the series Fragments (2008)
C-print; 20h x 24w in (50.8h x 60.96w cm)
Single Cube Formation, No. 3, Marfa, TX (2011) Chromogenic digital print 30h x 36w in (76.2h x 91.44w cm)
Single Cube Formation, No. 3, Marfa, TX (2011)
Chromogenic digital print
30h x 36w in (76.2h x 91.44w cm)

Biography

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Through his photography and mixed-media installations, Eritrean born, New York-based artist Dawit L. Petros (b. 1972) investigates boundaries in artistic, geographical and cultural contexts.

Petros has exhibited his work in group exhibitions throughout Canada and the United States, including the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI; Wedge Gallery, Toronto, Canada; Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto; Observatoire 4, Montréal, Canada; Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal; and Prefix Gallery, Toronto. He has received Fulbright and Bombardier Internationalist Fellowships, as well as an Art Matters Foundation grant; and has participated in residencies at the Center for Photography, Woodstock and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Articles / Reviews

  • Petros Santa Barbara News-Press September 2, 2011  PDF 72 K
  • Petros The Globe and Mail October 16, 2010  PDF 6.6 MB
  • Petros PQ (PHOTOGRAPHY Quarterly) January-March 2010  PDF 245 K
  • Petros Wedge Collection Always Moving Forward Catalogue 2010  PDF 1 MB
  • Petros Art South Africa February 2009  PDF 285 K
  • Petros Arise 2009  PDF 358 K
  • Petros The Studio Museum in Harlem Encodings Catalogue 2009  PDF 410 K
  • Petros Martin Gallery Catalogue August 3, 2008  PDF 0.9 MB
  • Petros The New York Times April 4, 2008  PDF 88 K
  • Petros The Studio Museum in Harlem Catalogue April 2008  PDF 336 K
  • Petros The New York Times August 31, 2007  PDF 86 K
  • Petros Time Out New York July 11, 2007  PDF 81 K
  • Petros Gallery TPW Alone Catalogue September 14, 2006  PDF 306 K
  • Petros Prefix May 2006  PDF 5.9 MB