About

 

 

Angela Dieffenbach is a Chicago-based artist whose research-driven sculptures explore the intersection of science, medicine, and art, with a particular focus on unusual experiments, medical treatments, and biological phenomena. Influenced by her personal experiences navigating the healthcare system and her rural upbringing, her work examines the complexities and contradictions embedded within contemporary medical culture.

Dieffenbach has exhibited widely and received numerous grants and artist residencies, including support from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, Red Lodge Clay Center, Ox-Bow, and Vermont Studio Center.

She earned her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa and received both a BFA in Studio Art and a BS in K–12 Art Education from Bradley University. Dieffenbach is an Assistant Professor of Art at Concordia University Chicago.

 

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Dieffenbach Artist Statement (PDF)

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Angela Dieffenbach, gallery shot


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