Biography
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Sally Mankus was born in Augusta, Georgia. Moving often while growing up she has called many places home in the U.S. and overseas. After living for many years in Colorado, she moved to Florida in 1991. She now lives and works in Shalimar, Florida.
Mankus received a B.A. from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a B.S. from the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo, Colorado. She attended the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs from 1987-89.
In 1994, Mankus was awarded a Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs, State of Florida. Her work has been included in newspaper articles, catalogues and publications including New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts, June 1998 and July 2001. |
Selected Exhibitions
2011-2012
Ordinary to Extraordinary: The Art of Being Green, Susquehanna Art Museum, VanGo! exhibit, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2011
Photography in the Expanded Field, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State Universtiy, Tempe, AZ
2010
Sapience, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
2009
Transformations 2009…exhibit and silent auction to benefit Alaqua Animal Refuge; Walton County, Rosemary Beach, Florida
2008
Southeastern Juried Exhibition 2008, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama; juror: Ron Platt, Hugh Karl Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
2007
Kitchen Goddess, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado
2006
55th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton; juror: Anne Ellegood, Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Go Fish, A Group Show of Intergenerational Artists, Eileen West Gallery, Seaside, Florida
Show Your Process, Eileen West Gallery, Seaside, Florida
Winter Group Show , Eileen West Gallery, Point Washington, Florida
Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman's University Fine Arts Gallery, Denton, Texas
Being in Body, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Kimball Visual Arts Center, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
2005
Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama. Catalogue.
A Southern Perspective on Prints, 2005 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana; juror: Marilyn Kushner, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Brooklyn Museum of Art. Catalogue.
2004
Southeastern Juried Exhibition 2004, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama; juror: Sean Ulmer, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art. Catalogue. (front cover illus.).
virtual * visual : people - places - things, an international juried online exhibition, Women in Photography International, Los Angeles, California. Archived at www.womeninphotography.org
53rd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida; juror: Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Small Works, 27th Annual Harper College National Small Works Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, Illinois; juror: Lynne Warren, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois. Catalogue.
2002
51st Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida; juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago
Shades of Blues, City Arts Invitational 2002, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2001
Traces, solo exhibition, Xposure Gallery, Dallas, Texas
New American Paintings, Volume 34, an exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts; juror: Clare Bell, Deputy Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs at the Museum of the City of New York
Celebrating Women Artists, Catherine Dickson Fine Art, Seaside, Florida
2000
Residual Voices, solo exhibition, Right Angles Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
Take a Second Look, Spruill Center Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Texas National 2000, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas. Catalogue.
LaGrange National XXI Biennial, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia
Right Angles Gallery (installation), Pensacola, Florida
1999
Cinco Banderas Collection Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
Triennial Southeastern Juried Exhibition 1999, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama; juror: James Rondeau, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago
8th Annual Showcase Exhibition, The Alternative Museum, New York, New York
Womanscape ‘99, Village Gallery, Naples, Florida; juror: Bonnie Clearwater, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, N. Miami, Florida
48th Annual All Florida Juried Competition & Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1998
Go Figure, three-person exhibition, Main Gallery, The Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, Florida
LaGrange National XX Biennial, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia. Catalogue; juror: Siri J. Engberg, Assistant Curator, Walker Art Center. Catalogue.
fem'-i-nie n. women collectively; womankind, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida. Catalogue.
New American Paintings, an exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts; juror: John Ravenal, Associate Curator of Twentieth Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
1997
Private Eye: Selections from Collectors, McIlroy Gallery, The Arts Center at Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, Florida
Multiple Choice, Zinc. Contemporary Art, Seaside, Florida
1996/97
Ties That Bind, solo installation, Zinc. Contemporary Art, Seaside, Florida
1996
Ties That Bind, solo installation, Zinc. Contemporary Art, Bluewater Bay in Niceville, Florida
Zinc. Contemporary Art, Seaside, Florida
1995
Second Sight, Zinc. Contemporary Art, Bluewater Bay, Florida
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, Florida.
1994
Cinco Banderas Collection Exhibition, The University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
Ruskin Place Artist Exhibition, Seaside, Florida
New Works, The Stairwell Gallery, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, Florida
1993
Text and Texture, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
Okaloosa-Walton Community College Art Gallery, Niceville, Florida
Art on the Tracks, Pensacola, Florida
1992
Cinco Banderas Collection Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
Art on the Tracks, Pensacola, Florida
1989
Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1988
Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1975
The Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
University of Southern Colorado Art Gallery, Pueblo, Colorado
Selected Grants and Awards
2007 Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado, Kitchen Goddess, Best of Show
2004 Women in Photography International, Los Angeles, California, virtual * visual : people - places - things, an international juried online exhibition, Best People, Professional USA category, www.womeninphotography.org
1999 Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida, Cinco Banderas Collection Exhibition, Judge’s Award
1998 Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, LaGrange National Biennial XX Exhibition, Juror's Merit Award; juror: Siri J. Engberg, Assistant Curator, Walker Art Center
1994-95 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs, State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida
1994 University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, Florida, Cinco Banderas Collection Exhibition, Honorable Mention
1989 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Purchase Award1989 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado. First Place, Annual Art and Photography Contest, sponsored by Riverrun, a Literary Publication - work published in Riverrun
1988 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado. First Place, Annual Art and Photography Contest, sponsored by Riverrun, a Literary Publication - work published in Riverrun
Selected Bibliography
2008
Riverrun, a literary and art magazine, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2008, illus.
2005
Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, catalogue
A Southern Perspective on Prints, 2005 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana. catalogue pp. 13, 68 & 69, illus.
2004
Southeastern Juried Exhibition 2004, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, catalogue (front cover illus.)
Small Works, 27th Harper College National Art Exhibition, Palatine, Illinois, April 2004, catalogue (illus.)
2001
New American Paintings, Volume 34, an exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts, July
2001, pp. 122-125, illus.
Gordon, Debora, “Take a Second Look”, Number: 39, Memphis, Tennessee, Summer 2001, p. 52, illus.
Wheeler, Deborah, “Women artists rally for cancer research”, The Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, May 19, sec. B, p. 2, illus.
2000
Richmond, Susan, “Atlanta”, Art Papers, Atlanta, Georgia, November/December, p.36, illus.
Roberts, Michael, “Sally Mankus sees portraits in pots”, Independent, Pensacola, Florida, September 28, p. 22, illus.
Freckmann, Donna, “Artist’s Eye”, Pensacola News Journal, Pensacola, Florida, September 15.
Cullum, Jerry, “Found objects: Everything old is new again”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, July 21, 2000, p. Q8.
Take a Second Look, Spruill Center Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000, brochure (cover illus.)
Texas National 2000, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, May 2000, catalogue (illus.).
Roberts, Michael, “A women’s place is in the gallery”, Independent, Pensacola, Florida, March.
1998
New American Paintings, Number 16, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts, June 1998, pp. 72, 73, 122, 2 illus..
"Artist & Woman: The Challenge and Triumph," The News Herald, Panama City, Florida, May 29, sec. D, pp. 1, 6 & 7, illus.
LaGrange National XX Biennial, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, May 1998, catalogue.
Wylder, Viki D. Thompson. fem' -i-nie n women collectively: womankind, Gallery 621, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 1 & 29, illus., catalogue.
Cabbage, Henry. "621 Gallery Celebrates Womankind," Tallahassean, February 27, p.11, illus.
1997
Teal, Monika. "Zinc. exhibition challenges the limits," DestinEast! Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, October 16, 1997, p.3.
Humphrey, Kelly. "Shalimar artist on display at Seaside," DestinEast! Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, February 22, p.5, illus.
"Ties That Bind". The Seaside Times, Seaside, Florida, Spring 1997, p. 7, illus.
1996
Trippe, Vanita. "Artistic Bakeware," The Bay Beacon, Niceville, Florida, December 11, P.1C, illus.
1995
Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, June 16, 4E, illus.
1994
Craig, Jane. "Creations earn local artist fellowship," Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, September 11, p.6F, illus.
Freckmann, Donna. "Artist's Eye," Pensacola News Journal, Pensacola, Florida, Nov. 4, 10E.
Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, November 11, p. 13E, illus.
Freckmann, Donna. "Artist's Eye," Pensacola News Journal, Pensacola, Florida, Dec. 17, 17E.
1989
Riverrun, a Literary Publication, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Spring 1989, no.16, pp. 13, 38 & 39, illus.
1988
Riverrun, a Literary Publication, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Spring 1988, no.15, pp. 30 & 36, illus.
Education
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
B.S., University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Colorado
B.A., Baylor University, Waco, Texas
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