Robell Awake

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. He is a recipient of the 2022 Craft Research Fund—Artist Fellowship. Awake has taught at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Penland School of Craft, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and presented at the Furniture Society, Warren Wilson College, Berea College, and the North Bennet Street School.