Special Tour | Scotiabank Photography Award: Dawit L. Petros
Event Details
IMC Curator Gaëlle Morel will lead a guided tour of Dawit L. Petros’s survey exhibition, exploring migration, memory, and colonial legacies across two decades. Free; no registration required. About the Exhibition
Event Details
IMC Curator Gaëlle Morel will lead a guided tour of Dawit L. Petros’s survey exhibition, exploring migration, memory, and colonial legacies across two decades. Free; no registration required.
About the Exhibition
On view May 6–August 1, 2026
This survey exhibition celebrates the career of Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist Dawit L. Petros, winner of the 2025 Scotiabank Photography Award. Spanning over 20 years, this presentation of more than 60 photographs and serigraphs traces a long-standing inquiry into the legacy of colonial history across Africa, Europe, and North America. Rooted in rigorous scholarly research and extensive travel, Petros’s practice is defined by his creative use of archival photographs, colour, and abstraction. The artist challenges photography’s documentary function while investigating migration, belonging, displacement, and the lingering effects of colonial memory.
About the Speakers
Gaëlle Morel (French/Canadian, b. 1976), PhD, has been the Curator at The Image Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University, since 2010. Based on extensive archival research, her most recent exhibitions include Lee Miller, A Photographer at Work, 1932–1945 (2024); Stories from the Picture Press: Black Star Publishing Co. & The Canadian Press (2023); and Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81 (with accompanying catalogue, 2023). In 2009, Morel was the guest curator of the photography biennial Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal.