Ryan Patrick Krueger (B. 1992) is a lens-based artist whose work addresses themes of grief, loss, and desire through their process of collecting and appropriating vernacular photographs in order to consider the intersections of LGBTQ+ American history and photography. Krueger holds a BFA in Photography from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, and is currently pursuing a MFA in Photography from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They have exhibited nationally including solo presentations at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY, and MONACO, St. Louis, among others and was also included in the 2022 Fotofest Biennial in Houston, TX. The work has been featured in national publications including Art in America, Out Smart Magazine, Sixty Inches From Center, and Glasstire Magazine, to name a few. Krueger lives and works in Chicago, IL.

SELECT Exhibitions

• Documents From the Closet, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, NY, 2023

• Documents From the Closet, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 2023

• On Longing, Monaco, St. Louis, MO, 2022

• FotoFest Biennial 2022: If I Had A Hammer, Silver Street Studios, Houston, TX, 2022 

• Response Response: Ryan Patrick Krueger & Linda Kliewer, HQHQ Objective, Portland, OR