Background
Was born in Chicago in 1970, she is a contemporary photographer who focuses on exploring our relationships with animals within our society.
Was born in Chicago in 1970, she is a contemporary photographer who focuses on exploring our relationships with animals within our society.
Her career in art first started in college learning to draw at the University of Illinois. Graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Northern Illinois University in Visual Communication.
Her work can be seen in various museums as well as in her book titled "The Animals are Outside Today". After this time she worked as a graphic designer for several years until seeking her degree in photography. In 1999 Plumb received an MFAin photography from Columbia College Chicago where she is currently an adjunct faculty member.
Animals Are Outside Today,2011, Radius.
Exhibitions Plumb"s work has been exhibited on both the national and international level including solo exhibitions at the Union League Club of Chicago, Jen Bekman Gallery in New York, Dina Mitrani Gallery in Miami, Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago and van Straaton Gallery in Denver: She has also participated in group exhibitions at Southside Hub of Production (SHoP) in Chicago"s Hyde Park, Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, Pinyao International Photography Festival in China, Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago, CITY 2000 at the Chicago Cultural Center, and the United States. Botanic Garden in Washington District of Columbia