Krueger received his BFA from the University of South Dakota in 1990, and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a MFA degree in 1993. Two years later Michael joined the University of Kansas, where he still teaches. In 1998, he helped establish a printmaking studio at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence. His work is included in over thirty public collections including the New York Public Library; the Museo Del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay; the Belger Art Center, Kansas City; City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission; and Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s Estate in Charlottesville, Virginia.