Simon Castets is the Director and Curator of Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York. He holds an MA in Curatorial Studies from Columbia University and an MA in Cultural Management from Sciences Po, Paris. In addition to exhibitions at Swiss Institute, he regularly curates outside projects including the 2018 Samdani Art Award for the Dhaka Art Summit; Americans 2017 at LUMA Foundation, Zurich, together with Hans Ulrich Obrist; Rachel Rose at Aspen Art Museum, Poetry will be made by all! at LUMA Foundation and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, also with Hans Ulrich Obrist, also a part of 89plus; and Champs Elysées at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, with Julie Boukobza and Nicola Trezzi. Castets has been directing the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York since 2013.