- Harvey Konigsberg
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 theaikikai [ [http://www.aikiweb.com/wiki/Nonjapanese#Aikikai High Ranking Non-Japanese Yudansha] on [http://www.aikiweb.com AikiWeb] ] .Harvey Konigsberg was born in
New York City in 1940. He studied Art atNew York University and at theUniversity 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.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 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 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)
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.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
Museum Collections
Joe and Emily Lowe Museum of Fine Arts; Coral Gables, Florida Madison Square Garden Museum of Sports
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
References
External links
* [http://www.woodstockaikido.com Woodstock Aikido]
* [http://www.aikidoonline.com/ArtGallery/harvey/gllry_hk.html Aikidoonline gallery]
* [http://www.aikidoonline.com/Archives/1999/mar/shid_hk_0399.html Interview with Harvey Konigsberg] by Peter Bernath & Lowell Miller on February 2nd, 1999.
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