Henrie Dennis
PhD candidate in Philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | DEI Consultant | Art Curator | Human Rights Trainer | Public Speaker | Founder Afro Rainbow Austria
About Me
Mag.art. Henrie Dennis is the Founder and Executive Director of Afro Rainbow Austria.
A Nigerian born human rights activist, art curator, and cultural mediator who continuously works on improving the lives and realities of LGBTIQ+ communities in Africa as a continent, Austria and the diaspora.
Henrie wears multiple hats, contributing as a social worker at the street newspaper Augustin while pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the Academy of Fine Art.
Her works centre on themes of queerness, migration, redistribution of resources, gender, anti-racism, and decolonization.
A advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and representation, she leverages her platform to amplify marginalized voices and build bridges between diverse communities. Through the medium of art and dialogue, she challenges societal norms and promotes understanding and inclusivity.
Languages:
Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin, English, German
Engagements
A board member of Planet10, a redistribution network that encourages sharing privileges among minority groups.
European Rep. ILGA World Women Committee
I have worked among others, with the Red Cross and with LEFÖ-IBF, Intervention Centre for Trafficked Women in Austria.
A trainer with the NGO Selbstlaut, an organization fighting sexual violence against children and youth.
Artistic director of art and activism festival Wienwoche, 2019-2021.
Just Me
What’s another word for holding together? Eine Gruppenausstellung in drei Kapiteln
What’s another word for holding together?
What's another word for holding together? is an exhibition built upon traces. It reflects on the necessity of „support structures“ and is looking back to the past year’s exhibitions at Exhibit Studio and topics that were unfolding within them.
The crises evolving or becoming visible through the pandemic were already enough reason for thinking about the uncertainties surrounding us and the futures to come. Now, several months and crises later, the urgency to think about what could help or what could become a support structure in the chaos around us, pushed us to think about possible exhibition formats that could react to the reality we live in.
Organized and with spatial interventions by Exhibit Studio coordinators Vik Bayer and Natalia Gurova.
Verschaff mir Recht organised by AAI Afro-Asiatiches Institut Salzburg
Verschaff mir Recht organised by AAI Afro-Asiatiches Institut Salzburg.
International artists unite in solidarity with the Iranian women*
At Widerworte pART 2 opendoor
At documenta fifteen with #pcapgrupa
food as politics and knowledgeA night with Afro Rainbow Austria at Frameout Open Air Cinema was lit and tight!
Out and Proud!
Out and Proud!
Studio visit at Vienna Pride
Studio visit at Vienna Pride
Team ARA creatives keeping the mind and soul together
Team ARA creatives keeping the mind and soul together
November 18 2021 Event @ Germany
November 18 2021 Event @ Germany
It’s sizzling in preparation for #pridemonth...
#EndPoliceBrutality protest in Nigeria.✊🏾
We came out in numbers to show #Solidarity to #EndSARS and #EndPoliceBrutality protest currently happening in Nigeria.
#QueerNigerianLivesMatter
Demo starts at 3 pm at the Opera Final rally starts at 5 pm at Schwarzenbergplatz
Black siblings for power Afro Rainbow Ausria alexandra stanic Jahson the Scientist Migrantifa WienWienwoche festival Opening!
Thanks to the invitation from Veronica Kaup-Hasler
Stop deportation #demonstration at the airport!
Black Lives Matter Protest
Afro Rainbow Austria community building and allyship
ILGA Europe 2022