Biography
Jack Howard-Potter was born on January 2, 1975, in New York City, and graduated from Union College in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts, where he wrote his thesis “Figurative Steel Sculpture”.
After college, Jack worked for a blacksmith making furniture, was a teacher’s assistant at the Art Students League of New York City, and worked with the Tribeca Film Festival.
He has permanent and long-term displays in sculpture parks, municipalities, and galleries across the country, including Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Vermont, Maryland, and Illinois.
In 2021, Jack made the 1958 Championship Game sculpture for the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Standing 30 feet tall, the monumental figure of the diving football player, Raymond Berry, is gravity-defying. The six thousand pounds of steel, covered in a silver skin, took 8 months to complete and represents a major success in Jack’s career.
He resides in New York City with his wife, Erica, daughter, Skylar, and son, Lyndon. He is a board member of The Art Students League and Scripps Howard Foundation, attends ballet and dance to inform his work, and most recently completed a commission for the city of Palm Springs, California. He has had his studio in Long Island City, Queens, since 2006.
