Harvey Konigsberg

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Harvey Konigsberg (b.1940) is an artist and aikido teacher. He holds the rank of 7th dan and is one of about 20 non-Japanese Aikido instructors worldwide to hold this rank within the aikikai^[1].

Harvey Konigsberg was born in New York City in 1940. He studied Art at New York University and at the University of Miami. After completing his university studies in 1964, Konigsberg returned to New York City to begin a long and successful career as an artist.

1 Art
2 Aikido
3 Corporate Collections
4 Museum Collections
5 One Man Exhibitions
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Art

During the mid to late 1960s, while Konigsberg was working on his famous Whale series of paintings, and on his less well known Jazz series, he, and his part-Cherokee fashion-designer wife (Patti Konigsberg), were central figures in a dynamic group of aspiring young New York painters, writers, and designers known as the Konigsberg Group.

In the late 1960's the Konigsbergs moved briefly to Montreal, where they quickly rose to social prominence through friendships with English Canadian luminaries such as Leonard Cohen and Irving Leighton. Shortly after Konigsberg's brilliant first Canadian show in 1970 (Gallerie D'Youville, Montreal), the Konigsbergs again returned to New York.

Through the 1970s, Konigsberg's art career flourished, with frequent one-man shows at galleries such as Starkman (NYC), Dallas (Texas) and Runyon-Winchell (NYC)

[edit] Aikido

In parallel with his painting career, Mr. Konigsberg began studying aikido in 1965, shortly after his arrival back in New York City at the finish of his University studies. In 1972 Konigsberg began training in iaido.

In the mid 1980s Konigsberg established a studio in Woodstock, New York. Since then he has maintained a presence in Woodstock as an artist and as an Aikido instructor.

One of the original students of Yoshimitsu Yamada, Konigsberg has now been practicing aikido for over 35 years. He currently holds 7th dan rank in Aikikai Aikido and has a dan ranking in iaido.

In addition to his instructing practice in Woodstock, Konigsberg also instructs at the New York Aikikai in Manhattan and teaches seminars across the U.S. and abroad.

[edit] Corporate Collections

 Chromacomp Collection
 Freehold Racecourse
 Gulf Oil Collection
 Hasegawa Enterprise Co., Ltd.
 Mitsukoshi Collection
 Pimlico Collection, Pimlico Racecourse
 Dean Witter Reynolds
 Sperry Rand Collection

[edit] Museum Collections

 Joe and Emily Lowe Museum of Fine Arts; Coral Gables, Florida
 Madison Square Garden Museum of Sports

[edit] One Man Exhibitions

 1963 - Rogues Gallery; Miami, Florida
 1965 - Cinema I Gallery; Springfield, Massachusetts
 1966 - Mark of the Phoenix Gallery; NYC
 1967 - James David Gallery; Miami, Florida
 1968 - Hudson Guild Gallery; NYC
 1969 - Gloria Luria Gallery; Miami, Florida
 1970 - Gallerie D'Youville; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 1970 - Starkman Gallery, NYC
 1972 - Dallas Gallery, Dallas, Texas
 1975 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery; NYC
 1976 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery; NYC
 1977 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery; NYC
 1979 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery; NYC
 1980 - Brewster Gallery; NYC
 1981 - Brewster Gallery; NYC
 1983 - Brewster Gallery; NYC
 1983 - Preakness Week Exhibition; Pimlico, Maryland
 1984 - Preakness Week Exhibition; Pimlico, Maryland
 1985 - Brewster Gallery; NYC
 1988 - Bell Gallery; Woodstock, New York