Nancy Koenigsberg

American artist (b. 1927)
Nancy Koenigsberg
Born1927 (age 96–97)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationThe New School for Social Research,
Skidmore College,
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Alma materGoucher College
AwardsAmerican Craft Council Fellow (2022)

Nancy Koenigsberg (born 1927),[1] is an American sculptor and painter known for her knitted wire textiles and mixed media sculptures.[2][3] In 2022, she was named a fellow of the American Craft Council.[2] She lives in New York City.[1]

Biography

Nancy Koenigsberg was born in 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4] She has a B.A. degree (1949) from Goucher College.[4] She also studied at the New School for Social Research, Skidmore College, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.[4][5]

She was part of the 2016 to 2017 traveling group exhibition highlighting 36 contemporary fiber artists, “The Box Project: Uncommon Threads," curated by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg and collector Lloyd Cotsen.[6][7]

Her work is in museum collections including at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Cleveland Museum of Art;[8] the Indianapolis Museum of Art;[9] the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;[10] and the Racine Art Museum.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nancy Koenigsberg". Art in Embassies, United States Department of State. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  2. ^ a b c "Nancy Koenigsberg". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  3. ^ "Very Fine Lines at the Flinn Gallery". GreenwichTime news. 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  4. ^ a b c The 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition: A Traveling Exhibition. University of Hawaiʻi Art Gallery. 2003. p. 74.
  5. ^ "Nancy Koenigsberg". The 8th Annual Shoebox Sculpture, University of Hawaii. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  6. ^ "RAM exhibition features work by top fiber artists". The Journal Times. 2017-05-18. pp. D3. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  7. ^ "Fowler Museum to debut touring exhibition of contemporary fiber art". UCLA. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  8. ^ "Float". Cleveland Museum of Art. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  9. ^ "Star Box 1". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  10. ^ "Undone". The MFAH Collections. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

External links

  • Official website
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American Craft Council College of Fellows
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Recipients of the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship
Dorothy Liebes (1970)
Anni Albers (1981)
Harvey Littleton (1983)
Lucy M. Lewis (1985)
Margret Craver (1986)
Peter Voulkos (1986)
Gerry Williams (1986)
Lenore Tawney (1987)
Sam Maloof (1988)
Ed Rossbach (1990)
John Prip (1992)
Beatrice Wood (1992)
Alma Eikerman (1993)
Douglass Morse Howell (1993)
Marianne Strengell (1993)
Robert C. Turner (1993)
John Paul Miller (1994)
Toshiko Takaezu (1994)
Rudolf Staffel (1995)
Bob Stocksdale (1995)
Jack Lenor Larsen (1996)
Ronald Hayes Pearson (1996)
June Schwarcz (1996)
Wendell Castle (1997)
Ruth Duckworth (1997)
Sheila Hicks (1997)
Kenneth Ferguson (1998)
Karen Karnes (1998)
Warren MacKenzie (1998)
Rudy Autio (1999)
Dominic Di Mare (1999)
L. Brent Kington (2000)
Cynthia Schira (2000)
Arline Fisch (2001)
Gertrud Natzler (2001)
Otto Natzler (2001)
Don Reitz (2002)
Kay Sekimachi (2002)
William Daley (2003)
Fred Fenster (2005)
Dale Chihuly (2006)
Paul Soldner (2008)
Katherine Westphal (2009)
Albert Paley (2010)
Stephen De Staebler (2012)
Betty Woodman (2014)
Gerhardt Knodel (2016)
Jun Kaneko (2018)
Joyce J. Scott (2020)
Jim Bassler (2022)
Lia Cook (2022)
Richard Marquis (2022)
Judy Kensley McKie (2022)
John McQueen (2022)
Patti Warashina (2022)
Nick Cave (2024)
Wendy Maruyama (2024)
Anne Wilson (2024)


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