Dawit L. Petros, solo exhibition at Remai Modern and the University of Saskatchewan, College Art Galleries

September 3, 2025

From the Edge of the Horizon, a major solo exhibition by Dawit L. Petros, will be presented in two parts at the Remai Modern and the University of Saskatchewan, College Art Galleries. This exhibition traces the arc of Petros’ career, gathering works that chart his longstanding inquiry into geography, identity, and migration.

The exhibition’s title refers to a recurring motif in his work: the horizon line, which, for Petros, is not just a visual or geographic marker of perspective, but a site where colonial and contemporary histories of displacement intersect and co-mingle. Drawing connections between local geographies and global histories, the works in the exhibition invite viewers to consider how we see and interpret real and imagined borders, and how those borders shape both individual and collective identities. They also prompt reflection on the act of looking itself—asking us to consider how framing, distance, and point of view affect what we understand about place, history, and belonging.

Click here to view Dawit L. Petros’ profile.

From the Edge of the Horizon I
September 5, 2025 to March 8, 2026
Remai Modern
102 Spadina Crescent E., Saskatoon

From the Edge of the Horizon II
September 5 to December 12, 2025
University of Saskatchewan, College Art Galleries
107 Administration Place, Saskatoon