Samuel Staples (b. Canada) is an independent curator, writer and researcher based in Berlin, Germany. He has worked on the development and realization of exhibitions with artists including Anna Uddenberg (2022), Jon Rafman (2022), Shayne Oliver (2023) and The Opioid Crisis Lookbook (2024); presented the Berlin launch of The Opioid Crisis Lookbook with Bjarne Melgaard (2022), and contributed to catalogue publications and monographs for Jon Rafman (2026), Tobias Spichtig (2026), Anna Uddenberg (2024), and H.R. Giger & Mire Lee (2022). He previously worked as Curatorial Assistant at Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2022-2023).