Robell Awake is a chairmaker, teacher, and researcher based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work aims to center Black aesthetic traditions and histories through scholarship and craft. His chairs have been acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago and he has a forthcoming commission for the Baltimore Museum of Art. Robell is a recipient of the Center for Craft’s Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship and has taught at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Penland School of Craft, and the Woodworking School at Pine Croft, and has presented at the Furniture Society, Warren Wilson College, Berea College, Washington College, and the North Bennet Street School. Awake was recently selected as one of the Dwell 24, Dwell magazine’s awards for the best emerging designers from around the world. His forthcoming book, A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects, will be published through Princeton Architectural Press in February 2025.


UPCOMING SOLO SHOW:
April 18, 2025
Volume Gallery, Chicago

REPRESENTATION:
Claire Warner
Volume Gallery, Chicago
claire@wvvolumes.com