My investigation is aimed at understanding the new myths and pathos born of the struggle between the natural and the artificial. I am interested in the identities assigned to the natural world and it's inhabitants. Personality traits are given to animals based on our own inadequacies and fears; generic exoticism and pop myth define their habitats. Carl Jung believed that we all have within us universal archetypes and that we have carried these images with us since the first days of human existence.

Are these archetypes endangered by our protensive exposure to the artificial - Or do these virtual worlds reveal archetypal images and universal conflicts? Our technologies are founded on our bodies; communication systems are based on the human nervous system, digital technologies mimic the genetic code. Is artifice in balance with the natural order? Contemporary narratives mirror this paradox; from film, television and video games to personal experiences. I am interested in disrupting these stories and rearranging them to better understand the relationships between them and the immediate mythos.

Michael Krueger received a BFA from the University of South Dakota and a MFA from the University of Notre Dame. Krueger's numerous solo exhibits were presented at the University of Washington Kimura Gallery, the University of Alaska and the El Centro Cultural de la Ciudad, Asuncion, Paraguay. The artist has received numerous grants and awards from the University of Kansas where he is an Associate Professor of Art.

Krueger has used the internet to exhibit his work including sites associated with projects at University of Brighton, England amd the Visual Arts Forum, San Luis, CA. Krueger's work is included in the collections at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Savior Faire, Inc., and the University of Wisconsin. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Kansas.