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Jeremy Plunkett

  • Lecturer, Painting & Drawing
  • Lecturer, First Year Program

Education

  • MFA, Painting, Ohio University
  • BFA, Printmaking & Drawing, Bowling Green State University

Biography

Jeremy Plunkett is a Milwaukee-based visual artist and educator whose photo-realist work explores the interplay of cast light, environment, and interior space. Working across oil painting, charcoal drawing, and intaglio-based printmaking, he investigates the illuminating and reflective qualities of light, often turning ordinary interiors or ephemeral moments into visual meditations on stillness, reflection and longing.

Plunkett holds an MFA in Painting from Ohio University and currently serves as a Lecturer in Painting & Drawing and the First Year Program at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he teaches students foundational techniques and fine art concepts.

His practice has been recognized with the 1-year Manifest Artist Residency award at Manifest Gallery (Cincinnati), which followed his First Prize award in the gallery’s International Drawing Annual 4 publication. He was also a finalist for the Pfister Hotel Artist-in-Residence in Milwaukee and has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Edward Hopper House Art Center (Nyack, NY) and the International Mezzotint Festival (Ekaterinburg, Russia).

In 2023, his mezzotints were included in the revised edition of The Mezzotint: History and Technique.

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Recent & Selected Works

Dark curtains over a window with the shadow of the blinds
“Ponder” Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in
Black and white pool water with tile edge of pool in background
“Ripple” Mezzotint Engraving 11in x 7in
Black, white and grey gears in foreground with light to dark background
“Cone” Mezzotint Engraving 15in x 12in
Lit up plastic on dark blue background
“Vision” Oil on Panel 10in x 10in
Lit up plastic bag over black background
“Receptacle” Oil on Panel 54in x 42in
Up close image from Receptacle of plastic bag
Detail of Receptacle

Artistic Exhibitions & Artwork

  • UWM Faculty Exhibition. Sum Total. 2025, Inova Gallery at Kenilworth Square East. Milwaukee, WI
  • Group Painting Exhibition. Brushwork. 2024, Art Center Gallery at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI. 2024
  • Beans & Barley Restaurant. Beans & Barley Spring Exhibition. 2024, Milwaukee, WI
  • “Contemporary Printmakers of the Great Lakes” 2024, Kresge Foundation Art Gallery at The University of Olivet. Olivet, MI
  • UWM Faculty Exhibition. Sum Total. 2023, Inova Gallery at Kenilworth Square East. Milwaukee, WI
  • International juried exhibition of Drawing. DRAWN. 2023, Manifest Gallery Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center. Cincinnati, OH
  • Vox Populi Print Collective (Invitational). Fistful of Prints. 2023, PRINT SANTAFE. Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe. Santa Fe, NM
  • Vox Populi Print Collective (Invitational). PRINT EXPO. 2023, PRINTAUSTIN’s Annual Print Fair, Blue Genie Art Bazaar. Austin, TX
  • Vox Populi Print Collective. Re-Vision. 2023, SGCI Exhibit, Overture Center for the Arts. Gallery I. Madison, WI
  • International Mezzotint Society collections of Jayne Reid Jackson. 20 Years of Mezzotint. 2022, Pop Up SGCI Exhibit, Humanities Building 6th and 7th Floor Galleries. Madison, WI
  • Vox Populi Print Collective. Madison Gallery Night Event. 2022, American Feral Gallery. Madison, WI
  • Mezzotint Exquisite Corpse Project. Borderless. 2022, ARTIVI2M - Venice | Biennale. Organized by Devon Stackonis and Jayne Reid Jackson | Hosted by SHIM Art Network. Spazio SV Centro Espositivo San Vidal. Venice, Italy
  • Selected Alumni Exhibition. Lasting Impressions. 2021, ARTS/West. Main gallery. Athens, OH
  • Ohio University Alumni Portfolio exchange 2021. ARTS/West. Lower Gallery. Athens, OH
  • UWM Faculty Exhibition. Sum Total. 2021, Inova Gallery at Kenilworth Square East. Milwaukee, WI

Publications

“The Mezzotint: History and Technique – Second Edition” – Contributor of Art Imagery. Author: Carol Wax. Schiffler Books. Atglen, PA ISBN: 9780764366857