Scrap Metal/ Sayaka Ganz

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Sayaka Ganz was born in Yokkohoma, Japan; although she lived there for a while, she also grew up in Brazil and in Hong Kong. She studied in the Fine Arts in Printmaking at Indiana University Bloomington in 2000 (with a minor in Theater and Drama. In 2008, she got her Masters in Fine Arts in 3D studios with concentration in scuplture at Bowling Green State University.  Currently, she teaches drawing and design at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Ganz's work comes to her through used plastic household objects along with old scrap metal. Her sculptures take life as she looks at and collects certain pieces of worn metal/plastic pieces. Amazingly, Ganz shapes these worn and rusty pieces and colors them with energy. This energy is depicted through animals in motion. Her work has been collected and exhibited in London, Tokyo, Takaoka, Isle of Man, New York, San Francisco, Monterey,, Toledo, and Fort Wayne.

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