ARTIST SAYAKA GANZ’S RECLAIMED CREATIONS SCULPTURE EXHIBIT TO OPEN AT RIVER MUSEUM
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Reclaimed Creations, a sculpture exhibit by artist Sayaka Ganz, will be on exhibit at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium beginning Nov. 1, 2026. Sculptures in the exhibition include recent installations of animals in motion which are rich in color and energy and create an illusion of form. 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.”
Ganz’s work has 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.
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, Bloomington and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She has lectured widely and she taught design and drawing courses at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne between 2002 and 2012. Sayaka Ganz was the subject of a video entitled SAYAKA GANZ: Danz Della Natura produced by the Hermann Geiger Foundation which is available on-line at: https://player.vimeo.com/video/62684324.
Ganz 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.”
Reclaimed Creations is included with general admission and will be on exhibit through Jan. 31, 2027.
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The Tour of Sayaka Ganz Reclaimed Creations is produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C., David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director.