Jeffrey Baykal-Rollins is a multimedia artist and educator based in Istanbul. His “art as social practice,” combines drawing and painting with performance, alternative education, institutional critique, and cultural studies. He is the director of “Silsila,” a performance art and social sculpture collective, and his work is the subject of a monograph to be published by MIT Press and Leonardo Electronic Almanac in 2023. Working in collaboration with numerous museums and universities nationally and internationally, Baykal-Rollins has created site-specific projects reflecting upon current socio-political disruptions such as the Arab Spring, citizens in democracy, Black Lives Matter, and gun violence in the United States. His performance Flux was choreographed by Ernesto Pujol and showcased at Istanbul Modern Art Museum, in partnership with MoMA and MoMA PS1. In 2016, Baykal-Rollins premiered The Body of the People, a multimedia examination of protest movements in the United States today, commissioned by Boston University and performed at the Old South Meeting House, the site of America’s first protest – the Boston Tea Party. Recently, Baykal-Rollins has been visiting artist at the Center for Visual Arts at Clemson University and at the University of Delaware. He completed his BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, and holds an MFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara.