Simone Krug is a curator at the Aspen Art Museum. She has organized exhibitions and produced performances with artists including Lena Henke, Cauleen Smith, Poncili Creación, Maja Ruznic, Naotaka Hiro, Hanna Hur, Kelly Akashi, Maren Hassinger, among others. Krug has also held positions at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, the Whitney, and SFMOMA. Her writing has appeared in Artforum, Frieze, Art in America, and numerous other publications. She received a BA from Bard College and an MA in Curatorial Practice from the University of Southern California