Samuel Nigro is a sculptor and writer working across stone, performance, endurance practice, and speculative fiction.

He breaks granite blocks with hammers and films the resulting fractures.
He collects fragments and reassembles pieces.
He continues these acts through writing, drawing, and movement.

The breaking of stone is his formative event.

He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Pollock-Krasner Grant.

His work has been supported by MacDowell, Yaddo, Ucross, the Wurlitzer Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and other residencies and organizations in the United States and Europe.