Howard McCalebb

A Brief Biography 2024

Howard McCalebb received his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Cornell University, School of Architecture Art and Planning in 1972, and his B.A. in Sculpture from California State University, at Hayward in 1970.  In 1971, he participated in the Hobart School of Welding Technology, 5th Annual Sculpture Workshop in Troy, Ohio.

He has taught fine art at San Jose State University, in California; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Rutgers University, Newark; Hunter College, New York; Cornell University; Graduate School of Pratt Institute, in New York City; Parsons School of Design, and Amherst College.

His international exhibitions include venues in Austria, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates.  Mr. McCalebb’s art has also been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in the United States.  These venues include the Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco; San Francisco Museum of Art; the San Jose Museum of Art; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York.  In New York City he has exhibited at: Momenta Art, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Woodward Gallery, The New Museum, Exit Art, Artist Space, Art in General, Socrates Sculpture Park, Sculpture Now, Inc., and The Studio Museum in Harlem.

In 1993 he was a featured artist in the film: “Manhattan City Scape,” by Steen Møller Rasmussen, a Plagiet Film, produced in cooperation with the Danish Film Institute Workshop.  And in 1981, he was invited by the artist to appear in the film “Bearden Plays Bearden,” produced by the Philip Morris Corporation.

In 2000, Mr. McCalebb’s sculpture was featured in the historic “Welded Sculpture of the Twentieth Century” exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York.  This exhibition featured all the major contributors to the genre, including Julio González, Pablo Picasso, Anthony Caro, and David Smith.  Also in 2000 he was honored as a “Visiting Critic” at the international artist colony Art/Omi, in Upstate New York, for which he wrote a paper and led a discussion on the topic: “Vernacular Color: Reflections on National, Ethnic, and Gender Expression.”

In May, 2001, he traveled to The Peoples Republic of China, and lectured at the China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, Hangzhou China, and at Hangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou University of Teaching, Hangzhou China.

In April, 2003, Mr. McCalebb was one of the artists representing the United States at the Sharjah International Arts Biennial, in the United Arab Emirates.  He also lectured at American University of Sharjah, School of Architecture and Design, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

In the summer of 2005, he did a series of public sculpture projects for: “Process – Space” Festival 2005. Balchik, Bulgaria, Folk-05, Galleri Lista Fyr, Borhaug, Norway, and The First Alytus Biennial, Alytus, Lithuania.

In 2008 he was commissioned for a large-scale public sculpture by the: Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art for the Intrude: Art and Life 366 exhibition, Shanghai, China

In 2021 Howard McCalebb was a featured artist in the historic exhibition: "Creating Community. Cinque Gallery Artists," The Art Students League of New York, Curated by Susan Stedman

In 2023 McCalebb inaugurates a new exhibition space, DadaPost (USA), which is a continuation of his work from 2009-2021 at (Kunstraum) Dada Post located in Berlin, Germany.

Currently and until OCtober 4, 2026 Mr McCalebb is exhibition a selection of mid-size scultures drawings, paintings and collages at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT.