Robell Awake

Robell 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 and is working on a forthcoming book from Princeton Architectural Press. Robell has taught at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and has presented at the Furniture Society, Warren Wilson College, Berea College and the North Bennet Street School.