Sally Mankus was born in Augusta, Georgia.  She moved often while growing up, living in various parts of the U.S. and in two foreign countries.  In 1973 she moved to Colorado where she lived until her move to Florida in 1991.  She now lives and works in Shalimar, Florida.

Mankus received a B.A. from Baylor University, Waco, Texas and a B.S. from the University of Southern Colorado, 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

January 15 - March 23, 2007 - Kitchen Goddess, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

June 28 - August 27, 2006 - 55th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida

June 2006- Go Fish, A Group Show of Intergenerational Artists, Eileen West Gallery, Seaside, Florida

March 2006 - Show Your Process, Eileen West Gallery, Seaside, Florida

January 2006 - Winter Group Show , Eileen West Gallery, Point Washington, Florida

Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman's University Fine     Arts Gallery, Denton, Texas, 2006

January 9 - February 4, 2006 - Being in Body, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Kimball Visual Arts Center, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 2006

2005 Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama

A Southern Perspective on Prints, 2005 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

Southeastern Juried Exhibition 2004, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama

virtual * visual : people - places - things, an international juried online exhibition, Women in Photography International, Los Angeles, California, 2004  www.womeninphotography.org

53rd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton,      Florida, 2004

Small Works, 27th Annual Harper College National Small Works Exhibition,Harper College, Palatine,      Illinois, 2004

51st Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 2002

Shades of Blues, City Arts Invitational 2002, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2002

Traces, solo exhibition, Xposure Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2001

New American Paintings, Volume 34, an exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley,      Massachusetts, 2001

Residual Voices, solo exhibition, Right Angles Gallery, Pensacola, Florida, 2000

Take a Second Look, Spruill Center Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000

Texas National 2000, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2000

LaGrange National XXI Biennial, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, 2000

Right Angles Gallery (installation), Pensacola, Florida, 2000

Cinco Banderas Collection Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida, 1999

Triennial Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, 1999

8th Annual Showcase Exhibition, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY, 1999

Womanscape ‘99, Village Gallery, Naples, Florida, 1999

48th Annual All Florida Juried Competition & Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, 1999

Go Figure, a three person exhibition, Main Gallery, The Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City,      Florida, 1998

LaGrange National XX Biennial, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, 1998

fem’-i-nie n. women collectively; womankind, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida,1998

Multiple Choice, Zinc. Contemporary Art, Seaside, Florida, 1997

Private Eye: Selections from Collectors, McIlroy Gallery, The Art Center at Okaloosa-Walton Community      College, Niceville, Florida, 1997

Ties That Bind, solo installation, Zinc. Contemporary Art, Seaside, Florida, 1996/97

Ties That Bind, solo installation, Zinc. Contemporary Art in Bluewater Bay, Niceville (yes, Niceville), Florida,      1996

Second Sight, Zinc. Contemporary Art, Niceville, Florida, 1995