Sam Metz is an artist who explores the concept of ‘neuroqueering’. This term refers to the act of challenging societal norms that are hostile towards non-normative neurodivergent individuals. Their practice investigates and responds to the premise of subverting dominant structures that remain confrontational to neurodivergent bodies and minds. 

Metz became a member of the Yorkshire Sculpture Network in 2022. They were a nominated recipientof the Henry Moore Foundation Award 2022 (award received in 2023). 

Between 2021-24 they undertook supported research by Necessity to explore their project Drawing as Stimming, which seeks to explore how drawing and mark-making can support non-verbal interpretation of artworks, whilst also enabling safe spaces to stim. 

Recent exhibitions include: Drawing Attention: Emerging Artists in Dialogue, a British Museum Touring Exhibition, York Art Gallery, 2023; Found Cities, Lost Objects curated by Lubaina Himid and Beth Hughes, Leeds Art Gallery, 2023/24; Metz has been part of the Emerging Curator British Art Network and a Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. They were awarded a CIRCA Scholarship MA Art and Ecology, Goldsmiths University (2022/23) and an Arts Council DYCP for sculptural research in 2024.