Michael Krueger is a father, an artist and a teacher. He was born on January 5, 1967 in Kenosha Wisconsin. His family moved to South Dakota in 1970 and He spent most of his childhood years in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 1990 Michael earned a BFA from the University of South Dakota and in 1993 he graduated with an MFA from the University of Notre Dame. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Michael joined the Art Department Faculty at KU in 1995. He teaches Intaglio, Relief, Drawing and Digital Printmaking at KU. He was the first faculty member in the Art Department to offer a course on Digital Art. In 1998 he helped to establish a printmaking studio at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, he continues to conduct workshops and collaborative exchanges with Haskell students. He is also the first faculty member in the Art Department to offer a Study Abroad course. In 2000 Michael developed a study abroad course, he continues to direct this winter-interim drawing and printmaking course in Florence Italy. Michael works simultaneously on several bodies of work in different media including printmaking, drawing and digital arts. He has given lectures and workshops at over 60 venues including; Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL, City College of New York, NY, NY, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN, Instituto Superior de Arte, Asunción, Paraguay, Kansas City Art Institute, KC, MO, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KC, MO, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, Pratt Institute of Art, NY, NY, and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. He has recently had solo shows at the Casa Mayor Galleria, Asunción, Paraguay, Santa Repararta International School of Art in Florence, Italy and the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. His work is included in over 30 public collections including; the New York Public Library, the Museo Del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay, the Belger Art Center, KC, MO, City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission and Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s Estate in Charlottesville, VA.
