Kaitlin Ridl, a western North Dakota native, is an aspiring student artist studying at North Dakota State University.  She will receive her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in photography in May 2017 and plans to continue on in her schooling to receive an M.F.A. degree.  Ridl’s art encompasses the world around her as she explores a vast number of subjects in her photographs. Her work has been displayed in Gannon Gallery in Bismarck, ND, and the Memorial Union, Flakkol, and Spirit Room Galleries in Fargo, ND.