2022 Honored by College of Fellows Award and Induction, American Craft Council
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 Nancy Koenigsberg: Line and Shadow, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2013 A Fine Line, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT (catalog)
2006 Nancy Koenigsberg: Recent Work, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Line and Shadow: Nancy Koenigsberg, Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, U of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (catalog)
1995 Chapel Installation, Interchurch Center, New York, NY
Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Washington, DC (catalog)
1994 Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, New York, NY
1993 1004 Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
1992 Nancy Koeningsberg: Wire Constructions, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
(catalog)
1991 Interchurch Center, New York, NY
1987 Leverett Craftsman and Artist Gallery, Leverett, MA
Juried and Invitational Exhibitions
2024 Fiber Reimagined II, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Rapture of the Tiny, Nancy Hoffman Gallery at Aspen Art Fair, Aspen, CO
Inez Storer - Nancy Koenigsberg - Joan Bankemper/Sophie Bankemper Frances, Nancy Hoffman Gallery,
New York, NY
Discourse: art across generations and continents, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
2023 Roots: Celebrating 45 Years of the Textile Study Group of New York, El Barrio's Artspace PS 109, New York, NY
(catalog)
Scribbles: Habits, Compulsions & Outpourings of the Doodling Mind, Carter Burden Gallery, New York, NY
Acclaim! Work by Award-Winning International Artists, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Tactile/Textile, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Connections, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Vignettes: Concentrated Views of RAM's Collection, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Korea Fiber Art 2023: From Birth to Death, Suwon Museum of Art, Art Space Gwangyo, Suwon, Korea
(catalog)
2022 Adaption, Artists Respond to Change, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Craftforms 2022, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
ARTAPESTRY 6, The Museum of Central Finland, Jyvaskyla, Finland
133rd Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2022 Members' Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clifton, NJ
Crowdsourcing the Collective: A Survey of Textile and Mixed Media Art, browngrotta arts Wilton, CT (catalog)
Excellence in Fibers VII, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2021 Adaptation: artists respond to change, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Looking Forward, Carter Burden Gallery, New York, NY
ARTAPESTRY 6, Kulturcentrum Ronneby, Sweden; Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark;
Gulbene, Latvia
Togetherness & Oneness, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY (catalog)
2020 50/50: 50 artists celebrate, catalog number 50, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Artists Invite II, Buster Levi Gallery, Cold Spring, NY
The Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2019 Monochrome, SITE: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Basketry Now: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, National Basketry Organization, The Kentucky Museum
at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Architectonic, Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, MO
Soft Borders: 2019 Surface Design Association Annual International Exhibition In Print, Fall 2019
issue of the Surface Design Journal (catalog)
Momentum, Space Annex, Denver, CO
art + identity: an international view, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Delineate, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Craftforms, 25th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Crafts, Wayne Art Center,
Wayne, PA (catalog)
2018 Summer Small Works, NAWA Gallery, NYC
Abstract: The Space Between, NAWA.org
Blue/Green color/code/context, browngrotta arts, Wilton , CT (catalog)
Red, TSGNY, Noho 55 Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
National Association of Women Artists, 129th Annual, New York, NY (catalog)
2017 Crossing Lines, TSGNY, World Financial Center, New York, NY (catalog)
White, Space Gallery, Denver CO
The Box Project: Uncommon Threads, Works from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection, The George Washington
University Museum and The Textile Museum (catalog)
Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS (catalog)
Home, Hebrew Union College, Bronx, NY
Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK (catalog)
The Box Project: Uncommon Threads, Works from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection, The Racine Art Museum,
Racine, WI (catalog)
Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of
Missouri, Columbia, MO (catalog)
Summer 2017: Small Works, NAWA Gallery, NYC
Away, Mulberry Street Library, NYC
Interwoven: Art Meets Nature, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA
Innovative Crafts, online exhibition
Red, Textile Study Group of New York, New York, NY (catalog)
Still Crazy After All These Years...30 Years in Art, browngrotta art, Wilton, CT (catalog)
2016 The Best of 2016, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
New Fibers 2016, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI(catalog)
Yardworks, Textile Study Group of NY, Chashama, NY, NY (catalog)
Expanding the Dialogue: Part One, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Contemporary Fiber, Peter's Valley Gallery, Layton, NJ
Interconnections: The Language of Basketry, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ (catalog)
TSGNY Bojagi, Seoul Chojun Museum of Quilting, Seoul, South Korea
Korea Bojagi Forum, Suwon, South Korea
Precious Metals: Shining Examples from Racine Art Museum's Collection, Racine, WI
The Box Project: Uncommon Threads, Works from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection, The Fowler Museum at UCLA,
Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Interconnections: The Language of Basketry, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2015 Black, Space Gallery, Denver, CO (catalog)
Fiber Arts VII, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Material Attraction, New York Institute of Technology, NY
Square, Narthex Gallery at St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY (catalog)
Fiber Currents/Current Fiber,
2014 20th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Craft Forms 2014, Wayne Art Center, PA (catalog)
Construct, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
Surface, Space Gallery, Denver, CO (catalog)
Game Changers: Fiber Art Masters and Innovators, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Fiber Fever, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
9th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
125th National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, New York, NY (catalog)
2013 National Association of Women Artists, 124th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Art Gallery, NY
DIVAS, National Association of Women Artists, online
Woven, Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
All Things Considered, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN + Fuller Craft Museum,
Brockton, MA (catalog)
2012 The Other Primary Colors: Black White Grey, Space Gallery, Denver, CO (catalog)
Wire Transference, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
8th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Woven, Mercy Gallery, Richmond Art Center The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT
Art in Fiber, Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA (catalog)
Retro/Prospective: 25+ Years of Art Textiles and Sculptures, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
9 x 9 x 3; New Visions, Lobby Gallery 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY (catalog)
National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 2012, New York, NY (catalog)
2011 New York Fiber, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber, New York, NY
Stimulus: art and its inception, Wilton, CT
dubh; dialogues in black, New York, NY
All Things Considered VI, Brockton, MA
Re-Visioning Fiber, Lakewood, CO
The Vessel Redefined, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
A Stitch in Jewish Time, Provacative Textiles, Hebrew Union College, Bronx, NY (catalog)
Fiber Plus, Blue Door Gallery, Riverrhead, NY (catalog)
2010 13th International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland (catalog)
7th International Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2009 10th Wave III: Art Textiles and Fiber Sculpture, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Masters of Contemporary Basketry, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle WA
Web & Flow, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Perspective in Basketry, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Economies of Scale, The Textile Study Group of New York, New York, NY
New Works,Old Story, 80 Artists at the Passover Table, Contemporary Jewish Museum,
San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2008 Beyond Boundaries, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Wired, Earnest Rubenstein Art Gallery, Educational Alliance Art School, NYC
Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Xtreme Baskets, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
2006 Material Difference, Soft Sculpture and Wall Works,
2005 Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection,
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ (catalog)
Annual Basket Show, Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
6th Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Red is Everywhere, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
A New World View, National Craft Council of Ireland, Kilkenny, Ireland
Forms without Function, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Fiber for the Future, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
6th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Tactile Tensions, Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Itinerare d’un fil; De l’art de la tapisserie a l’art de la fibre. Bibliotheque Forney, Paris, France (catalog)
Basket Invitational, Snyderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Fourth Biennial Fiber Survey Exhibition, Snyderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
Fiberarts Invitational, Montgomery Center for the Arts. Skillman, NJ
Basket Trends, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
Contemporary Baskets 2004, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Fiberarts Invitational, Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ
Art in Embassies, Washing DC (catalog)
2003 8th International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI,
16 venues (catalog)
The Art of Containment, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
The Common Thread, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2002 5th Festival Internationale de la Tapisserie at de l’Arte de la Fibre, Beauvais, France (catalog)
Small Works in Fiber, Long House Reserve, East Hampton, NY; SOFA Chicago, IL; Tokyo, Japan (catalog)
Catching the Light, Brookfied Craft Center, Brookfield, CT (catalog)
Survey Fiber 2002, Snyderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
Art in Embassies, United States Embassy, Bangkok (catalog)
2001 Woven Constructions, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Wired: Fiber-Optic Weavings and Wire Sculpture, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Fine Fiber Art for the 21st Century, Friends of Fiber Art International, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2000 Connections, 5th International Betonac Prize, Sint-Truiden, Belgium (catalog)
Eloquent Beads: Past and Present, Dubois Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Living the Moment: The Celebration of Jewish Time, Hebrew Union College, NYC
Beadwork in America, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE (catalog)
7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, Honolulu, HI (catalog)
Surface-Strength-Structure: Pertaining to Line. Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
Miniatures: 2000, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
1999 Beadz, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
25 for the 25th, browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
4th Festival International de la Tapisserie, Beauvais, France (catalog)
Focus on Fiber, Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art of Substance, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
1998 Threads: Contemporary American Basketry, The Barbican Centre, London (catalog)
Dangerous Cloth, American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY
Textiles of Scale: from the browngrotta Collection, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ (catalog)
In Our Hands, Nagoya, Japan (catalog)
9 x 9 x 3, Textile Study Group of New York, American Craft Museum, New York, NY (catalog)
Invention and Diversity in Textile Art, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ (catalog)
7th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Biennale internationale de Tapisseries Contemporaine et des Sculptures, Paris, France
1997 Fiberart International ‘97, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
The 10th Wave, Part II: Baskets, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
The 10th Wave, Part I: Wall, browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT (catalog)
Drawing from the Source: Miriam, Women’s Creativity and New Ritual, Hebrew Union College, NYC
(catalog)
1996 Fiber 96, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL
Seventh Annual Basketry Invitational, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Fiber Artists Invitational, Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
Hard and Soft. Denton, TX (catalog)
National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 1996, New York, NY (catalog)
1995 Fiber 95, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL
Gallery North Textiles, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 1995, New York, NY (catalog)
1994 Chautauqua International Fiber Art, Dunkirk, NY (catalog)
Metal, Clay, Wood, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Out of Tradition: New Basket Trends, Chester Springs, PA
Text-Isles, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Vocal Expressions/Visual Experiences, Marywood College, Scranton, PA
1993 PaperFiber XVI, Iowa City, IA
International Encounter of Miniature Textile Art, Xalapa, Mexico (catalog)
IVe Triennale Internationale des Mini-Textiles. Angers, France (catalog)
1992 Speaking in Tongues, InterArt Center, NYC
National Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Montclair State Art Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Garrison Fiber Art Invitational, Garrison, NY
1991 Multimedia Basketry Invitational, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1990 Fiber Expressions, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY (catalog)
Interlacing: Under and Over, Textile Arts International, Minneapolis, MN
The Art in Craft: Fiber Arts of the 90’s, Park Avenue Atrium, New York, NY
Focus: American Baskets, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Triennale Internationale de Mini-Textiles 1990, Strasbourg, France (catalog)
Fiber as Art, 37th Annual Juried Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, Award for Excellence (catalog)
1989 Small Works Invitational, The Center for Tapestry Arts, NYC
Fiber Miniatures ‘89: A Show of Hands, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
Beyond Craft: A Celebration of Visual Creativity, Princeton, NJ
1988 Reflections on Technology, Hillyer Corporation, Princeton, NJ
Small Forms, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL
Seventh International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathley, Hungary (catalog)
5-10-15, Craft Alliance Gallery, St, Louis, MO
Industrial Fibers in Art, AT&T Gallery, Hopewell, NJ
1987 Small Scale, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL
Crafts National II, Buffalo, NY
1986 Sixth International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathley, Hungary (catalog)
Small Works Exhibition, New York University, NYC
Connections: Works in Fiber, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
1985 Visual Reservoirs, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
1984 Texture, Form and Style in the Market Place, Museums at Hartwick, Oneonta, NY
Public Collections
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Museum of Arts & Design, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT
Related Professional Experience
Textile Study Group of NY, President Emerita, Program Director, 2014-2019
Center for Tapestry Arts, NYC, Artist in Residence, 1991-92
New York Guild of Handweavers, Board of Directors, 1983-84
Textile Study Group of NY, Co-Founder, President & Program Director, 1977-2014
Education
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1984
Skidmore College, Fibers, Teaching Assistant, Summer Program, 1983
Skidmore College, Fibers, Summer Program, 1981-82
New School for Social Research, Fibers, 1974-77
Goucher College, BA 1949