Marie Hélène Pereira is a cultural practitioner and curator interested in histories of migrations and the politics of identity. She is currently Senior Curator (Performative Practices) at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany. Previously, she was Director of Programmes at RAW Material Company where she organized many exhibitions and related discursive programs, including the participation of RAW Material Company to “We face forward: Art from West Africa Today” Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; ICI Curatorial Hub at TEMP, New York; and The 9th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai; MARKER Art Dubai (2013). She co-curated the 12th Berlin Biennale (2022); Canine Wisdom for the Barking Dog - The Dog Done Gone Deaf. Exploring The Sonic Cosmologies of Halim El-Dabh with Dr. Bonaventure Ndikung as part of the 13th edition of the Dak'art Biennale of Contemporary African Art (2018); Scattered Seeds in Cali-Colombia (2015-2017); and curated Battling to normalize freedom at Clarkhouse Initiative in Mumbai, India (2017).
Marie Hélène Pereira
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