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Dianna Settles is a printmaker and cofounder of Hi-Lo Press in Atlanta, Georgia.

Early life and education
Dianna Settles was educated at the San Francisco Art Institute. Settles was born in Los Alamitos, California, but was raised in Blue Ridge, Georgia. She moved to Atlanta in 2007 and attended Georgia State University for Women’s Studies and Studio Art. While in Atlanta, she got involved with the Sopo Bicycle Cooperative and also helped coordinate an Atlanta chapter of Food Not Bombs in Little Five Points, giving free food to those in need. She also played in a band called The Wild and became an active part of Atlanta's punk scene. These experiences helped her become more involved in activist and non-profit work. She became the volunteer coordinator for Sopo in 2009 until she moved to California in 2012 to attend San Francisco Art Institute. She received her BFA in printmaking in 2014.

Career
Dianna Settles works primarily in lithography and letterpress. She considers lithography to be her favorite method of printmaking, due to its versatility. She appreciates its ability to replicate any variety of mark making, from crayons to ink. At Hi-Lo Press, the lithograph press (an 1843 Robert Mayer Park’s Press) was brought to Atlanta from Jersey City and maintains its original cherry press bed. Hi-Lo also uses a 1963 Vandercook SP25 letterpress purchased in Atlanta, Georgia.

Settles's work centers around themes of loss, anxiety, and identity. She is inspired by artists such as Kiki Smith, Enrique Chagoya, Art Hazelwood, Greg Piatt, Anselm Kiefer, Henri Matisse, and Nina Katchadourian.

Work
Major exhibitions
 * 2015 HI LO, solo exhibition, Runaway Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
 * 2015 Raised on Replicas, Campfire Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 * 2014 Sudden Cinder, solo exhibition, Octane, Atlanta, GA
 * 2014 BFA Graduate Exhibition, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
 * 2014 Print, curated by Noemi Szyller, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 * 2012 No Place Like Home, solo exhibition, Octane, Atlanta, GA
 * 2011 Nick Of Time, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
 * 2009 Food Not Bombs Benefit, Wonderroot, Atlanta, GA