Morikami Featuring Sayaka Ganz Sculptures

Sayaka Ganz

PRESS RELEASE_The amazing sculptures of Sayaka Ganz will be shown in the Kohnken Gallery at the Morikami Museum from February 16 through March 31, 2019.  Sayaka Ganz utilizes reclaimed plastic objects such as discarded utensils, like brush strokes which appear visibly unified at a distance though separated at close proximity. She describes her style as “3D impressionism.”  Sculptures in the exhibition include recent installations of animals in motion which are rich in color and energy and create an illusion of form.

Sayaka Ganz was born in Yokohama, Japan and grew up living in Japan, Brazil, and Hong Kong. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University. Ganz has lectured widely and taught design and drawing courses at Indiana University – Purdue University, Fort Wayne; she was the subject of a video entitled SAYAKA GANZ: Danz Della Natura produced by the Hermann Geiger Foundation. Her work has been been displayed at the Hermann Geiger Foundation in Cecina, Italy, and the Isle Gallery, Isle of Man.  Commissions of work by Sayaka Ganz include a series of four marine life sculptures at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California and an underwater scene with right whale and various schools of fish in the atrium of the Exploration Tower in Port Canaveral, Florida.  

About her work, the artist says, “My work is about perceiving harmony, even in situations that appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close, one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points; step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical) direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can perceive the beauty and patterns that exist.” 

​Conversation with artist Sayaka Ganz
Friday, February 15 at 1 p.m.

Ahead of the exhibition, the 43-year-old Japanese artist will host an intimate gathering to discuss the style she describes as “3D impressionism” as well as how growing up in Japan, Brazil, and Hong Kong molded her artwork and her animistic belief that all things are endowed with a spirit or soul. Free for members; free for non-members with paid museum admission ($9-15). 4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, 561-495-0233; morikami.org

Sayaka Ganz: Reclaimed Creations is organized by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.,  

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