Nancy Koenigsberg | |
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Born | 1927 (age 96–97)
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education |
The New School for Social Research, Skidmore College, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts |
Alma mater | Goucher College |
Awards | American 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]
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]
Nancy Koenigsberg | |
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Born | 1927 (age 96–97)
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education |
The New School for Social Research, Skidmore College, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts |
Alma mater | Goucher College |
Awards | American 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]
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]