Etienne Dietzel was born in1986 in Bad Salzungen (Thüringen). Following his training in stone carving he studied sculpture under Bruno Raetsch at the Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein and photography under Philip Gaißer, as well as MMVR (Multimedia und Virtual Reality) under Jonas Hansen.

His works, which are frequently developed in cooperation with artists and specialists from various fields, are technical in nature, their appearance relating to their own genesis. What ultimately become visible are the signs of the logic underlying them. They are model-like abstractions deriving from observations; simplifications, demonstrating something about human attempts at creating order in both their environment and themselves.

Etienne Dietzel lives and works in Halle.