CV
EDUCATION
2020 MFA, 3D Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016 BFA, Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2020
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award
Designlines, Love Tag, Interior Design Show, Toronto, Ontario
TEACHING
2021 - Present - Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 - Present - Co-founder & Designer, Redemptive Plastics, Chicago, IL
2021 - Present - Co-founder & Co-director, Happy Returns Studio, Chicago, IL
2020 - Present - Designer & Self Proprietor, Cody Norman LLC, Chicago, IL
2022 - 2023 - Automation Technician, Designhawk Innovations, Chicago, IL
2020 - 2021 - Special Projects Supervisor of Fabrication, SAIC, Chicago IL
2019 - 2020 - Artist-in-residence, Ballard International, Pontiac, MI
2018 - 2018 - Digital Output and LRMFA Show Studio Coordinator, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016 - 2018 - Assistant Manager of Instructional Fabrication, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016 -2018 - Studio Assistant, Josh Garber, Chicago, IL
2015 - Design Intern, Ania Jaworska, Chicago IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 re:animation, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
Glam.Glom.Gloom. Upper Iowa University, IA
2021 Morphogenesis, Next:Space Detroit, MI
2018 The Visible Hand, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS (Happy Returns Studio - Cody Norman & Tom Burtonwood)
2023 Redemptive Plastics, Harambee Gardens, Chicago, IL
(in collaboration with Alt_Chicago, funded by E[art]h Chicago)
At the Precipice, Redemptive Plastics, Design Museum Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021 Counterpoise [Fish out of Water], Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Idea House 3, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art on the Lawn, Ford House, Grosse Pointe, Detroit, MI
Shelf-life, Txa Txa Club, Chicago, IL
2022
Fête, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
In-situ, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
Craft in the Digital Age, Ford House, Detroit, MI
World that Awaits, Mu Gallery, Chicago, IL
Handwerk Pt. II, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
Waiting on a Downfall, Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Handwerk, Next:Space, Detroit, MI
Carrier Bag, Living Room Realty, Chicago, IL
Flourish, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
Reopening, Next:Space, Detroit, MI
2021
Collecting x Design, M Contemporary, Ferndale, MI
Adaptation, Culture.Object, New York, NY
Class of 2020 Graduate Exhibition, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2020
Inedito, Design Week Mexico , Mexico City, Mexico
Intersect Chicago, Chicago, IL
Online Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Never Normal, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
Studio North, Interior Design Show, Toronto, ON
2019
Dish/, Studio Radish and Form & Seek, Detroit, MI
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
What is the Future of Furniture? Next:Space Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Design Mutations, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, NYC
Works in Progress, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018
MEGA 2018, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
90th Michigan Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, MI
2017
89th Michigan Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, MI
Eye Level, SAIC Student Union Galleries, Chicago, IL
2016
Connect Hyde Park, The Silver Room, Chicago, IL
SAIC BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2021 & 2023 Designer-in-residence, Matrix4 Factory, Woodstock, IL
2019 - 2021 Designer-in-residence, Ballard International, Pontiac, MI
PRESS
2023
Marsh, S. (2023, October 12). Walker Art Center Revives Museum Shop With Idea House Concept. Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/walker-art-center-shop-idea-house-3/
Walker Art Center. (2023, October 12). Walker Art Center to launch idea house 3, a new collectible design store featuring work by leading and emerging designers. Walker Art Center. https://walkerart.org/press-releases/2023/walker-art-center-to-launch-idea-house-3-a-new-collectible-design-store-featuring-work-by-leading-and-emerging-designers
Singh, P. (2023, September 11). Purposeful design : On community and the reintegration of craft. Sixty Inches From Center. https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/purposeful-design-on-community-and-the-reintegration-of-craft/
Carpenter, W. (2023, August 9). The buzz!. Design Miami/ Shop. https://shop.designmiami.com/blogs/news/the-buzz-9
SAIC community members featured in Design Museum’s New Climate Crisis Exhibition. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. (n.d.). https://www.saic.edu/news/saic-community-members-featured-design-museums-new-climate-crisis-exhibition
Idowu, A. (2023, June 20). Art and sustainability meet on Chicago’s West Side, where artists transform plastics into benches. WTTW News. https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/20/art-and-sustainability-meet-chicago-s-west-side-where-artists-transform-plastics-benches
Kong, M. (2023, June 22). Can used plastic be reborn as art? just ask Chicago designer Norman Teague. WBEZ Chicago. https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-designer-norman-teague-at-the-venice-biennale/3e9f438f-5836-4623-99e2-5f2fc68820ad
Studenkov, I. (2023, May 24). From soap bottles to plastic benches, Austin Artists Grow Jobs. Oak Park. https://www.oakpark.com/2023/05/24/from-soap-bottles-to-plastic-benches-austin-artists-grow-jobs/
2022
Waxman, Lori. “Best Chicago Art Exhibitions of 2022: 'Tea, Torture & Reparations' at DePaul, an Outdoor 'Flourish' and a Big Year for the Cultural Center.” Chicago Tribune, December 8, 2022. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-best-chicago-art-year-2022-20221208-zkgczewo3fhz3ljeroleprm3ba-story.html
Hernandez, F. G. (2022, October 14). Chicago artists want your help turning Austin’s plastic waste into public benches. AustinTalks. http://austintalks.org/2022/10/chicago-artists-want-your-help-to-turn-austins-plastic-waste-into-public-benches/
Dockery, R. (2022, September 13). Toward a more cohesive future: A review of world that awaits at Mu Gallery. Newcity Art. https://art.newcity.com/2022/09/14/towards-a-more-cohesive-future-a-review-of-world-that-awaits-at-mu-gallery/
Rockett, D. (2022, July 20). E(ART)H Chicago gives $547,310 for art about climate change. Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chicago-climate-change-art-initiative-tt-0720-20220720-rbyp7oq6fngo5mar2lisoz2rzm-story.html
Sauer, Peyton. “Summer of Art: Five Must-See Events in Chicago.” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July 10, 2022. https://www.saic.edu/summer-art-five-must-see-events-chicago
Callender, S. (2022, July 14). Oak Park artist transforms used plastic into work of art. Austin Weekly News. https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2022/07/14/oak-park-artist-transforms-used-plastic-into-work-of-art/
Warnecke, Lauren. “Morton Arboretum and Botanic Garden Both Celebrate Big, Outdoor Birthdays This Summer - with a Few Party Extras for Visitors.” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2022. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-morton-aboretum-botanic-garden-20220606-srufnbk6wngmfm2bz76bhpousu-story.html
2021
Graver, David. “Detroit Month of Design 2021 Highlights.” COOL HUNTING®. COOL HUNTING®, September 15, 2021. https://coolhunting.com/design/detroit-month-of-design-2021-highlights/
2020
Shapiro, Deborah. “A Group Exhibition in Detroit Celebrates the Design Scene of a City That Was 'Never Normal'.” Sight Unseen, November 24, 2020. https://www.sightunseen.com/2020/11/never-normal-wasserman-projects-cranbrook-academy-detroit/
Oberman, Helene. “What Caught Our Eye on the Opening Day of IDS Toronto.” Interior Design, 2020. https://interiordesign.net/designwire/what-caught-our-eye-on-the-opening-day-of-ids-toronto/
Alter, Lloyd. “Not Seen at the Interior Design Show 2020: A Whole Lot of Sustainable, Green Design.” Treehugger. Treehugger, January 20, 2020. https://www.treehugger.com/not-seen-interior-design-show-whole-lot-sustainable-green-design-4853874
WORKSHOPS
2019
3D Printing Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Ceramic 3D Printing Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI
2018
Arduino Robot Arm Workshop, Harold Washington Library Maker Lab
LECTURES
2023
“re:animation,” I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
“A Layered Approach,” Depaul University, Chicago, IL
“Glam.Glom.Gloom,” Upper Iowa University, IA
2022
“A Layered Approach,” Phoenix Forge, Phoenix, AZ
“Plasticus porticus,” Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
2021
“Melting things with Cody,” Applied Materials and Processes, College for Creative Studies (CCS), Detroit, MI
Artist talk, Advanced Fabrication, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Artist talk, Build Your Own Factory, Parsons School of Design, NYC
Artist talk, Materials and Processes, CCS, Detroit, MI
Visiting Artist, Materials Sampling, CCS, Detroit, MI
2020
Artist talk, Future of Making: Robotic Fabrication Class, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2019
Material Sampling Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MFA Presentation, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Artist talk, Iron Casting & Advanced Robotic Milling, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Artist talk, Ryerson University, School of Interior Design, Toronto, ON
2018
Artist talk, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL
Artist talk, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago IL
Artist talk & Workshop, Advanced Milling, SAIC, Chicago, IL
COLLECTIONS
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
GALLERY AFFILIATION
2019 - Present I.M. Weiss Gallery (formerly Next:Space), Detroit, MI
2020 MFA, 3D Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016 BFA, Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2020
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award
Designlines, Love Tag, Interior Design Show, Toronto, Ontario
TEACHING
2021 - Present - Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 - Present - Co-founder & Designer, Redemptive Plastics, Chicago, IL
2021 - Present - Co-founder & Co-director, Happy Returns Studio, Chicago, IL
2020 - Present - Designer & Self Proprietor, Cody Norman LLC, Chicago, IL
2022 - 2023 - Automation Technician, Designhawk Innovations, Chicago, IL
2020 - 2021 - Special Projects Supervisor of Fabrication, SAIC, Chicago IL
2019 - 2020 - Artist-in-residence, Ballard International, Pontiac, MI
2018 - 2018 - Digital Output and LRMFA Show Studio Coordinator, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016 - 2018 - Assistant Manager of Instructional Fabrication, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016 -2018 - Studio Assistant, Josh Garber, Chicago, IL
2015 - Design Intern, Ania Jaworska, Chicago IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 re:animation, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
Glam.Glom.Gloom. Upper Iowa University, IA
2021 Morphogenesis, Next:Space Detroit, MI
2018 The Visible Hand, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS (Happy Returns Studio - Cody Norman & Tom Burtonwood)
2023 Redemptive Plastics, Harambee Gardens, Chicago, IL
(in collaboration with Alt_Chicago, funded by E[art]h Chicago)
At the Precipice, Redemptive Plastics, Design Museum Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021 Counterpoise [Fish out of Water], Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Idea House 3, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art on the Lawn, Ford House, Grosse Pointe, Detroit, MI
Shelf-life, Txa Txa Club, Chicago, IL
2022
Fête, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
In-situ, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
Craft in the Digital Age, Ford House, Detroit, MI
World that Awaits, Mu Gallery, Chicago, IL
Handwerk Pt. II, I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
Waiting on a Downfall, Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Handwerk, Next:Space, Detroit, MI
Carrier Bag, Living Room Realty, Chicago, IL
Flourish, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
Reopening, Next:Space, Detroit, MI
2021
Collecting x Design, M Contemporary, Ferndale, MI
Adaptation, Culture.Object, New York, NY
Class of 2020 Graduate Exhibition, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2020
Inedito, Design Week Mexico , Mexico City, Mexico
Intersect Chicago, Chicago, IL
Online Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Never Normal, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
Studio North, Interior Design Show, Toronto, ON
2019
Dish/, Studio Radish and Form & Seek, Detroit, MI
Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
What is the Future of Furniture? Next:Space Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Design Mutations, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, NYC
Works in Progress, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018
MEGA 2018, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
90th Michigan Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, MI
2017
89th Michigan Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, MI
Eye Level, SAIC Student Union Galleries, Chicago, IL
2016
Connect Hyde Park, The Silver Room, Chicago, IL
SAIC BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2021 & 2023 Designer-in-residence, Matrix4 Factory, Woodstock, IL
2019 - 2021 Designer-in-residence, Ballard International, Pontiac, MI
PRESS
2023
Marsh, S. (2023, October 12). Walker Art Center Revives Museum Shop With Idea House Concept. Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/walker-art-center-shop-idea-house-3/
Walker Art Center. (2023, October 12). Walker Art Center to launch idea house 3, a new collectible design store featuring work by leading and emerging designers. Walker Art Center. https://walkerart.org/press-releases/2023/walker-art-center-to-launch-idea-house-3-a-new-collectible-design-store-featuring-work-by-leading-and-emerging-designers
Singh, P. (2023, September 11). Purposeful design : On community and the reintegration of craft. Sixty Inches From Center. https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/purposeful-design-on-community-and-the-reintegration-of-craft/
Carpenter, W. (2023, August 9). The buzz!. Design Miami/ Shop. https://shop.designmiami.com/blogs/news/the-buzz-9
SAIC community members featured in Design Museum’s New Climate Crisis Exhibition. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. (n.d.). https://www.saic.edu/news/saic-community-members-featured-design-museums-new-climate-crisis-exhibition
Idowu, A. (2023, June 20). Art and sustainability meet on Chicago’s West Side, where artists transform plastics into benches. WTTW News. https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/20/art-and-sustainability-meet-chicago-s-west-side-where-artists-transform-plastics-benches
Kong, M. (2023, June 22). Can used plastic be reborn as art? just ask Chicago designer Norman Teague. WBEZ Chicago. https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-designer-norman-teague-at-the-venice-biennale/3e9f438f-5836-4623-99e2-5f2fc68820ad
Studenkov, I. (2023, May 24). From soap bottles to plastic benches, Austin Artists Grow Jobs. Oak Park. https://www.oakpark.com/2023/05/24/from-soap-bottles-to-plastic-benches-austin-artists-grow-jobs/
2022
Waxman, Lori. “Best Chicago Art Exhibitions of 2022: 'Tea, Torture & Reparations' at DePaul, an Outdoor 'Flourish' and a Big Year for the Cultural Center.” Chicago Tribune, December 8, 2022. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-best-chicago-art-year-2022-20221208-zkgczewo3fhz3ljeroleprm3ba-story.html
Hernandez, F. G. (2022, October 14). Chicago artists want your help turning Austin’s plastic waste into public benches. AustinTalks. http://austintalks.org/2022/10/chicago-artists-want-your-help-to-turn-austins-plastic-waste-into-public-benches/
Dockery, R. (2022, September 13). Toward a more cohesive future: A review of world that awaits at Mu Gallery. Newcity Art. https://art.newcity.com/2022/09/14/towards-a-more-cohesive-future-a-review-of-world-that-awaits-at-mu-gallery/
Rockett, D. (2022, July 20). E(ART)H Chicago gives $547,310 for art about climate change. Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chicago-climate-change-art-initiative-tt-0720-20220720-rbyp7oq6fngo5mar2lisoz2rzm-story.html
Sauer, Peyton. “Summer of Art: Five Must-See Events in Chicago.” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July 10, 2022. https://www.saic.edu/summer-art-five-must-see-events-chicago
Callender, S. (2022, July 14). Oak Park artist transforms used plastic into work of art. Austin Weekly News. https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2022/07/14/oak-park-artist-transforms-used-plastic-into-work-of-art/
Warnecke, Lauren. “Morton Arboretum and Botanic Garden Both Celebrate Big, Outdoor Birthdays This Summer - with a Few Party Extras for Visitors.” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2022. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-morton-aboretum-botanic-garden-20220606-srufnbk6wngmfm2bz76bhpousu-story.html
2021
Graver, David. “Detroit Month of Design 2021 Highlights.” COOL HUNTING®. COOL HUNTING®, September 15, 2021. https://coolhunting.com/design/detroit-month-of-design-2021-highlights/
2020
Shapiro, Deborah. “A Group Exhibition in Detroit Celebrates the Design Scene of a City That Was 'Never Normal'.” Sight Unseen, November 24, 2020. https://www.sightunseen.com/2020/11/never-normal-wasserman-projects-cranbrook-academy-detroit/
Oberman, Helene. “What Caught Our Eye on the Opening Day of IDS Toronto.” Interior Design, 2020. https://interiordesign.net/designwire/what-caught-our-eye-on-the-opening-day-of-ids-toronto/
Alter, Lloyd. “Not Seen at the Interior Design Show 2020: A Whole Lot of Sustainable, Green Design.” Treehugger. Treehugger, January 20, 2020. https://www.treehugger.com/not-seen-interior-design-show-whole-lot-sustainable-green-design-4853874
WORKSHOPS
2019
3D Printing Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Ceramic 3D Printing Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI
2018
Arduino Robot Arm Workshop, Harold Washington Library Maker Lab
LECTURES
2023
“re:animation,” I.M. Weiss Gallery, Detroit, MI
“A Layered Approach,” Depaul University, Chicago, IL
“Glam.Glom.Gloom,” Upper Iowa University, IA
2022
“A Layered Approach,” Phoenix Forge, Phoenix, AZ
“Plasticus porticus,” Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
2021
“Melting things with Cody,” Applied Materials and Processes, College for Creative Studies (CCS), Detroit, MI
Artist talk, Advanced Fabrication, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Artist talk, Build Your Own Factory, Parsons School of Design, NYC
Artist talk, Materials and Processes, CCS, Detroit, MI
Visiting Artist, Materials Sampling, CCS, Detroit, MI
2020
Artist talk, Future of Making: Robotic Fabrication Class, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2019
Material Sampling Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MFA Presentation, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Artist talk, Iron Casting & Advanced Robotic Milling, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Artist talk, Ryerson University, School of Interior Design, Toronto, ON
2018
Artist talk, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL
Artist talk, Contemporary Practices, SAIC, Chicago IL
Artist talk & Workshop, Advanced Milling, SAIC, Chicago, IL
COLLECTIONS
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
GALLERY AFFILIATION
2019 - Present I.M. Weiss Gallery (formerly Next:Space), Detroit, MI