Michal Kruger
Michal Kruger (b. 1994, Johannesburg) is a Groningen based artist. He completed his MFA at Frank Mohr Institute in 2020. In installations combining his paintings with found materials, Michal Kruger investigates a complicated personal and political history. Kruger has always been aware of his identity as a white Afrikaner. In his own words, it comes with a feeling of discomfort. Kruger grew up in a privileged environment, surrounded mostly by white people in a predominantly black country. It wasn’t until his university studies that he started to reassess his past and his own identity. This process has shaped his artistic process, using the lens of his identity to understand his place in the world. Kruger’s choice of material and motifs typical to both South African and Dutch visual culture plays an important role.