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

He breaks granite blocks with hammers and records the resulting fractures. He collects fragments and reassembles pieces. The breaking of stone is his foundational event.

He approaches writing as he approaches breaking stone. Something builds, something changes, and he stays with what follows. He is currently writing The Stream, a speculative novel about a change in human cognition that unfolds across seven centuries.

He is training for the Canyons 100-mile race.

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

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