Background
Harvey Konigsberg was born in New York City in 1940.
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Harvey Konigsberg
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He studied at New York University and at the University of Miami.
Career
He holds the rank of 7th dan and is one of about 20 non-Japanese instructors worldwide to hold this rank within the Aikikai. After completing his university studies in 1964, Konigsberg returned to New York City to begin a long and successful career as an artist. 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 1960s 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 Doctorate"Youville, Montreal), the Konigsbergs again returned to New New York Through the 1970s, Konigsberg"s art career flourished, with frequent one-man shows at galleries such as Starkman (New York City), Dallas (Texas) and Runyon-Winchell (New York City)
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 New York
Since then he has maintained a presence in Woodstock as an artist and as an 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, holds the title of Shihan (master instructor), 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 United States. and abroad.
Chromacomp Collection
Freehold Racecourse
Gulf Oil Collection
Hasegawa Enterprise Company, Limited.
Mitsukoshi Collection
Pimlico Collection, Pimlico Racecourse
Dean Witter Reynolds
Sperry Rand Collection
Joe and Emily Lowe Museum of Fine son Coral Gables, Florida
Madison Square Garden Museum of Sports
1963 - Rogues Gallery.
Miami, Florida
1965 - Cinema I Gallery. Springfield, Massachusetts
1966 - Mark of the Phoenix Gallery.
New York City
1967 - James David Gallery.
Miami, Florida
1968 - Hudson Guild Gallery. New York City
1969 - Gloria Luria Gallery. Miami, Florida
1970 - Gallerie Doctorate"Youville.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1970 - Starkman Gallery, New York City
1972 - Dallas Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1975 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery.
New York City
1976 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery. New York City
1977 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery.
New York City
1979 - Runyon-Winchell Gallery. New York City
1980 - Brewster Gallery.
New York City
1981 - Brewster Gallery.
New York City
1983 - Brewster Gallery. New York City
1983 - Preakness Week Exhibition. Pimlico, Maryland
1984 - Preakness Week Exhibition.
Pimlico, Maryland
1985 - Brewster Gallery.
New York City
1988 - Bell Gallery. Woodstock, New New York
