Mark Jeffery

Mark Jeffery is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Performance Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. With over 30 years in performance art, his interdisciplinary practice combines choreography, visual art, and emerging technologies.

As co-founder of Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Reality (ATOM-r), Jeffery creates works exploring:

• Forensics and anatomy through augmented reality
• Queer histories of computing
• 21st century embodiment practices

This collective blends performance with digital platforms to examine the computationally-mediated body.

Jeffery's research investigates:disappearing working class iconographies through:

• Remapping embodied geographies
• Re-contextualizing occupational gestures
• Interdisciplinary historical research

His work often incorporates agricultural rituals from his upbringing on a UK dairy farm, exploring themes of labor, identity, and bodily memory.

Current projects include:

• Memento Mori: Investigating anatomical theaters and forensic models
• Residencies at The Poor Farm and National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago
• Ohklahomo performance space for experimental collaborations

His performance works have been presented internationally at venues including Victoria and Albert Museum, Chisenhale Dance Space, and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Jeffery curates the IN>TIME performance festival and maintains collaborative partnerships across visual arts, technology, and queer theory.