Dawit L. Petros was born in Asmara, Eritrea, and received his MFA in 2007 from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was a 2008-2009 Artist-in-Residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem. He has exhibited his work in group shows throughout Canada and in the United States, including the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Wedge Curatorial Projects, Toronto; the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; Photographic Resource Centre, Boston; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto; Observatory 4,Montreal; Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal; and Prefix Gallery, Toronto. He has received fellowships, as well as an Art Matters Foundation grant.