Nadim Samman read Philosophy at University College London before receiving his PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was Co-Director of Import Projects e.V. in Berlin from 2012 to 2019 and, concurrently, Curator at Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna (2013-2015). He curated the 4th Marrakech Biennale (with Carson Chan) in 2012, and the 5th Moscow Biennale for Young Art in 2016. He co-founded and co-curated the 1st Antarctic Biennale (2017) and the Antarctic Pavilion (Venice, 2015-2017). Widely published, in 2019 he was First Prize recipient of the International Award for Art Criticism (IAAC). His recent book Poetics of Encryption: Art and the Technocene is published by Hatje-Cantz (Berlin, 2023) and Luiss University Press (Rome, 2025).

Nadim Samman is currently Director of Autotelic Foundation (London), Curator-at-large, Langen Foundation (Düsseldorf) and Curator of the festival Vienna Digital Cultures, jointly organized by FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and Kunsthalle Wien.