Norman Teague was born on 1968 and is an American social practice artist, designer, furniture maker, and educator.
12 Facts About Norman Teague
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Norman Teague grew up on the South Side of Chicago in Bronzeville, and he is African American.
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Originally interested in pursuing a career in architecture, Norman Teague attended Harold Washington College.
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Norman Teague went to further his studies at Columbia College Chicago, but after exposure to wood shop and smaller scale design he pivoted his focus to industrial Design.
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Norman Teague received an BA degree in product design from Columbia College Chicago in 2014.
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Norman Teague then went on to pursue a master's degree in designed objects from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which he received in 2016.
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In 2016, Norman Teague co-founded with Fo Wilson the design studio blkHaUs Studios in Chicago.
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Norman Teague's work seeks to use design to "empower brown and black communities".
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Norman Teague is best known for his furniture, some of which resides in the museum collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Norman Teague has worked in performance art, installation art, and sculpture.
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Norman Teague has worked with notable collaborators such as Theaster Gates, and acted as a consultant on The Barack Obama Presidential Center with the firm Ralph Applebaum.
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Norman Teague's work was in the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial.