CODY NORMAN
Chicago based Artist, Designer, Roboticist, and Plastic miner
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EDUCATION
Cranbrook Academy of Art
May 2020
MFA in 3D Design
Electives in Ceramics & 4D Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
May 2016
BFA in Designed Objects & Sculpture
AWARDS
- Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award 2020
- Designlines, Love Tag, IDS Toronto 2020
TEACHING
Lecturer, Sculpture and Designed Objects January 2021 - Present
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- “Morphogenesis,” Next:Space Detroit, MI, Fall 2021
- “The Visible Hand,” Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL, Spring 2018
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
-”Flourish,” Chicago Botanic Garden, IL, Spring 2022
- “Carrier Bag” with Dee Clements, Living Room Realty, Chicago, IL, Spring 2022
-”Handwerk,” Next:Space, Detroit, MI, Spring 2022
-”Reopening,” Next:Space, Detroit, MI, Winter 2022
2021
- “Collecting x Design,” M Contemporary, Ferndale, MI, Fall 2021
- “Adaptation,” Culture.Object, New York, NY, Fall 2021
- Class of 2020 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, Summer 2021
2020
- Inedito, Design Week Mexico , Mexico City, Mexico, Fall 2020
- Intersect Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fall 2020
- Online Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Summer 2020
- “Never Normal,” Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, Fall 2020
- Studio North, Interior Design Show, Toronto, ON Winter 2020
2019
-“Dish/,” Studio Radish and Form & Seek, Detroit, MI Fall 2019
- Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Spring & Fall 2019
- What is the Future of Furniture, Next:Space Gallery, Ferndale, MI, Fall 2019
- Design Mutations, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY, Spring 2019
- Works in Progress, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Winter 2019
2018
- MEGA 2018, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, Fall 2018
- 90th Michigan Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, Fall 2018
2017
- 89th Michigan Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, Fall 2017
- Eye Level, SAIC Student Union Galleries, Chicago, IL, Summer 2017
2016
- Connect Hyde Park, The Silver Room, Chicago, IL, Fall 2016
- SAIC BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, Spring 2016
RESIDENCIES
- Artist-in-residence at Matrix4 Factory, Woodstock, Illinois, Fall 2021
PRESS
- Cool Hunting, Detroit Month of Design 2021 Highlights
- Sight Unseen Never Normal Feature
- A/D/O Journal, Toronto Design Week 2020
- Interior Design Magazine, What Caught Our Eye on the Opening Day of IDS Toronto 2020
- Treehugger, Not seen at the Interior Design Show 2020: A whole lot of sustainable, green design
WORKSHOPS
- Student-led 3D Printing Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Fall 2019
- Ceramic 3D Printing Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Fall 2019
- Arduino Robot Arm Workshop, Harold Washington Library Maker Lab, Spring 2018
LECTURES
2021
- Artist talk, Applied Materials and Processes, CCS, Detroit, MI, Fall 2021
- Artist talk, Advanced Fabrication, SAIC, Chicago, IL, Fall 2021
- Artist talk, Build Your Own Factory, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, Spring 2021
- Artist talk, Materials and Processes, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, Winter 2021
- Visiting Artist, Materials Sampling, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Winter 2021
2020
- Material Sampling Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Fall 2020
- Artist talk, Future of Making: Robotic Fabrication Class, SAIC, Chicago, IL, Winter 2020
- Second Year Presentation, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Fall 2019
2019
- Artist talk, Iron Casting Class & Advanced Robotic Milling Class, SAIC, Chicago, IL, Spring 2019
- Presentation, Ryerson University, School of Interior Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Winter 2019
2018
- Artist talk, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL, Spring 2018
- Artist talk, Contemporary Practices Department, SAIC, Chicago IL, Spring 2018
- Artist talk & Workshop, Advanced Milling Class, SAIC, Chicago, IL Spring 2018
