Michael Krueger

Michael Krueger is an artist, a father, and a husband, a Love Librarian (Lawrence Kansas Chapter), and an Honorary Resident Dropper. Grounded firmly in drawing, Michael works in a variety of media including, painting, drawing, printmaking, animation, and ceramics. His ideas dictate the media and he floats freely between them. Michael’s artwork reflects a deep interest in American history, contemporary American culture, art history, the human experience, and personal memoir. The psychic potential of drawing and the permeating ways in which the quality of a line or a smudge can affect and reflect the human psyche are at the forefront of his creative practice. His work explores a collective need to get higher, get lost, and be transformed. His artwork has been included in over 300 exhibitions, and recent solo exhibitions include prestigious venues such as: Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA, Sunday L.E.S., New York, NY, Blackburn 20/20, New York, NY and the Dolphin Gallery, KCMO. Important group exhibitions include, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, KRETS Gallery, Malmo, Sweden, The Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO, Ambacher Contemporary, Munich, Germany, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, UK, Adam Baumgold, New York, NY, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA and the Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.

2013 Earthly, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2013  Canned Heat, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS

2012 Fluorescent West, Drawings & Animation, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

2012 Every Which Way but Loose, Michael Krueger – New Prints, Blackburn 20/20, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2011 So Alone & Mystified, Packer / Schopf, Chicago, IL

2009 Endless Colony, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

2009 Heavy Papers, Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, VAPA, Bennington College, VT

2008 Gum, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2007 Peace in the Valley, Sunday, New York, NY

2015 See Be, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO

2014 9, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2013 Open, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)

2013 More Scapes, The Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO

2013 Close Wilderness, Park Life, San Francisco, CA (curated by Amze Emmons)

2013 Politics as Symbol – Symbol as Politics, 20 / 21 Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS

2013 Nowhere Backwards; Tom Reed, Randy Bolton & Michael Krueger, Des Lee Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (catalog)

2013 The Living Room, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH

2013 Bankrupt & Empty, Galeria Fernando Vilchis, Instituto de Artes Plasticas, Xalapa, Mexico

2013 Let’s Talk About Love Baby, The Love Library, Printed Matter, New York, NY

2013 Where My Cones At?, Double Break, San Diego CA & POV, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Day Job, Traveling Exhibit, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA & Philip Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (curated by Nina Katchadourian, Curator at The Drawing Center, New York, NY)

2012 Unearthed, Mark Cowerdin & Michael Krueger, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO

2012  Digging a Hole Looking for Something, Michael Krueger & Travis Millard, Double Break, San Diego CA

2012  Art School on the Moon, Michael Krueger, Jenny Schmid & Michael Barnes, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

2012  Group Show, Michael Krueger, Paul Smith, Anne Lindberg, Jeremiah Aziaz, Archie Scott Gobber, Elijah Gowin, Dolphin Gallery, KCMO

2012  Myths of Progress, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2012  Miami Project Fair, Miami, FL - – represented by Steven Zevitas, Boston, MA

2011 Here, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2012  Day Job, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

2012  Smile, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

2012  Blurring the Lines, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA

2012 Multiplied, Contemporary Editions Fair, Christie’s South Kensington, London, England, UK – represented by Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY

2012 Art Chicago, Chicago Merchandize Mart, Chicago, IL – represented by Philip Slein, St., MO

2012 NEXT, Chicago Merchandize Mart, Chicago, IL – represented by Steven Zevitas, Boston, MA

2012 Ah, Wilderness, Ebbers / Moore Gallery, Chicago, IL

2012 Printed in Providence, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI, curated by Lois Harada

2010 It’s My World, Baer Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010 Hello Sweden, Krets Gallery, Malmo, Sweden, curated by Needles & Pens

2010 Power of Selection 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, curated by Ryan Travis Christian

2010 The Now: Contemporary Prints / Historical Perspectives, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Mid-America Print Council Conference, New World-Old World, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2010 Zipor, Ziporium, Ziporra, Galarie Lichtpunkt, Ambacher Contemporary, Munich, Germany

2010 Three Americans, Randy Bolton, Michael Krueger & John Schulz, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

2010 Pages: Book as Medium, Catalyst Venue, Paragraph Gallery, Urban Culture Project, Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO

2010 New Works on View, Anthony Baab, Robin Beard, Justin Gainan, Jorge García Almodóvar, Elijah Gowin, Michael Krueger & Pard Morrison, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2010 Special Exhibition, Prints from the Residency – 2009, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium

2010 Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch

2009 Illustration Bitter & Sweet, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2009 One Every Day, Project Space, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2009 Censor Approved, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2009 Put Together, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

2009 NEXT Art Fair, Chicago Merchandize Mart, Chicago, IL – represented by Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

2009 Art Chicago, Chicago Merchandize Mart, Chicago, IL – represented by Philip Slein, St. Louis, MO

2009 Happy Tree Friends, (or standing: tree as agent, index, objects of desire), Urban Culture Project & Charlotte Street Foundation, La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2009 Our Stories, Contemporary Narrative Printmaking, John Mooney Foundation, Chicago, IL

2008 Stones Throw, Exchange Show, Los Angeles Printmaking Society & Robert Blackburn Print Workshop, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA

2008 The International Exchange Exhibition of Prints, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

2008 NEW PRINTS 2008 / Summer Artists’ Commentary, International Print Center New York, (Chelsea) New York, NY

2008 Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

2008 Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL - represented by Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

2008 NEXT Art Fair, Chicago Merchandize Mart, Chicago, IL – represented by Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

2008 International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair, (Chelsea) New York, NY – represented by RISD Editions, Providence, RI & Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY

2008 Place: Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, 20/21 Gallery, Lawrence, KS

2008 Time Travelers, City Center, IMPACT 5 International Printmaking Conference, Tallinn, Estonia

2007 New Work by Gallery Artists, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA

2007 Michael Krueger & Kirk Hayes, 2-person exhibition, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007 Michael Krueger & Lisa Bulawsky, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2007 Aqua Art Miami 2007, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL, represented by OSP Gallery

2007 Whoop Dee Doo, Getsumin Gallery, Osaka, Japan

2007 A Printmakers Perspective, Sam Romo Galley, Atlanta, GA

2007 Whoop Dee Doo: Beating Dead Horses, Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis, MO

2007 The Second Manchester Artist's Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England, UK

2007 Beasts, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO