Born in Manisa (Turkey) in 1996, Nazif Can Akçalı lives and works in Paris. A visual artist, visual communication designer and Franco-Turkish Pilates instructor, he has developed a hybrid practice at the intersection of art, design and the body. After graduating from the Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design programme at Sabancı University, Istanbul, in 2021, he went on to take a master’s degrees at the École supérieure d'art de Dunkerque-Tourcoing, as on the Gramounce Food & Art Alternative M.A. programme. His artistic research explores the concepts of longevity, biohacking, gastrophysics and food. Taking a transdisciplinary approach, he works with a variety of media such as video, installation, painting and photography. His work has been exhibited and distinguished at several institutions and festivals, including FEST – New Directors | New Films, the Lille Opera, Zilberman Gallery, the Louvre-Lens, Akbank Sanat, Lille Art Up! and Mamut Art Project.