Dianne L. Kittle, born in California, is a visual artist who explores the abstract–– subconscious, cognition, and perceptual dreams. Her practice uses various approaches, including composites created in the digital darkroom, inkjet transfers, painting, and in-camera capture. Creative imagination and the tactile feel of materials move this artist to a space of freedom where she translates the three-dimensional world into flat objects.
Kittle received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental biology from California State University, Fresno, and a certificate in limnology from the University of Uppsala in Sweden. She studied photography at Point Light Gallery in Sydney, Australia. In 2021, she completed her MFA in fine art photography at Maine Media College. Kittle has exhibited internationally in Sydney, Australia, Bangkok, Thailand, and nationally at Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The SE Center for Photography in Greenville, South Carolina; NYC4PA in New York City; and the Midwest Center for Photography in Wichita, Kansas. Kittle lives in Chicago, where she is a photography educator at the Chicago Botanic Garden.