Ryan Patrick Krueger (b. 1992) is a lens-based artist and independent curator whose practice explores the entanglement of queer identity, memory, and photography. Drawing on archives, vernacular photographs, and modes of visual storytelling, Krueger examines how photography can be used to reconstruct, reclaim, and recontextualize LGBTQ+ histories that are often marginalized or obscured. Their work engages with themes of collective memory, intergenerational intimacy, and queer longing, navigating the photographic medium as both a document and a speculative tool. Krueger holds a BFA in Photography from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, and a MFA in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Krueger has curated exhibitions such as "Queer Moments: Selections from the Light Work Collection" at Light Work in Syracuse, NY and "Not Gay" co curated with Jonathan David Katz at SUNY Fredonia. Their work has been exhibited nationally, including solo presentations at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY; Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Brooklyn, NY , Rivalry Projects in Buffalo, NY; and MONACO in St. Louis, MO. They were featured in the 2022 FotoFest Biennial in Houston, TX alongside Dorothea Lange and Lorraine O’Grady. A recipient of the 2023 Creator Labs Photo Fund by Aperture and Google, Krueger's work has appeared in ARTnews, Art in America, Aperture, The Brooklyn Rail, OutSmart Magazine, Sixty Inches From Center, PhotoVogue, Glasstire, among others. Krueger lives and works in Chicago, IL, and is represented by Rivalry Projects in Buffalo, New York
All inquires to be directed to info@rivalryprojects.com & ryan.patrick.krueger@gmail.com
Links
Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Creator Labs Photo Fund
Documents from the Closet, Brooklyn Rail, by Joel Danilewitz
Two Hundreds Pounds of Desire: Ryan Patrick Krueger at Monaco, Art in America, by Jessica Baran
At a Photography Festival in Houston, History Confronts the Present, Aperture
Through an LGBTQ+ Lens, Out Smart Magazine
Queer Moments: Selections from the Light Work Collection