diff --git a/pandas/core/construction.py b/pandas/core/construction.py
index 5868bdaa1225b..8ee8cfb0b8cb8 100644
--- a/pandas/core/construction.py
+++ b/pandas/core/construction.py
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ def array(
             # StringArray/ArrowStringArray depending on pd.options.mode.string_storage
             dtype = StringDtype()
             cls = dtype.construct_array_type()
+            if data.ndim != 1:
+                raise ValueError("NumpyExtensionArray must be 1-dimensional")
             return cls._from_sequence(data, dtype=dtype, copy=copy)
 
         elif data.dtype.kind in "iu":