Lost + Found
Clifford Eberly, Kyla Hansen, Gloria Sanchez and Erin Trefry
February 9 - March 3, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 9,  7-10pm

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles is pleased to present Lost & Found, a group exhibition featuring work by Clifford Eberly, Kyla Hansen, Gloria Sanchez and Erin Trefry, curated by TSA LA member Stacy Wendt. This exhibition features artists who incorporate found objects into their practice. For some, these objects may come from family or other loved ones and are rich with personal history and meaning.  Others seek out their found materials in thrift stores, deserts, beaches or while walking the streets of Los Angeles. In these pieces, items such as shoes, textiles, hair, shells, sticks and driftwood are transformed, altered and reconstructed into something new. Through this transmutation, old meanings may be lost, honored or both simultaneously. Whether the original items are intimate relics or casual souvenirs of current environments, the artists are able to invigorate and infuse them with their own energy and point of view.

Clifford Eberly is a performing, visual artist currently based in Los Angeles.  Eberly constructs installations, paintings and performances from strings of experiences over time as the core subject. Interested in representations that influence quotidian process with personal relationships and thought patterns, Eberly composes artworks that jettison pre-conceived beliefs from historical facts portrayed in media, cultural and entertainment complexes. Eberly received his BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Soon after graduating from SCAD, Eberly completed the Apprenticeship Program at the Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia. In 1995, Eberly moved to New York and enrolled at SVA for painting classes and the Empire State College for their Studio in the City program. From 2006-2010 Eberly directed parlor gallery in Lancaster, PA where he curated and produced monthly shows of under-represented and emerging artists. Yearning to focus on his own work, Eberly moved west and attended Claremont Graduate University from 2010-2012. Eberly has exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles and the U.S. including; PST, Lee Gallery at Clemson University, Coachella Valley Arts Center, Glendale Community College, Offramp Gallery, Fellows of Contemporary Art, PAM, East Side International, Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, Coastline College Art Gallery, Art Catalogues at LACMA and Tiger Strikes Asteroid. In October, 2019, Eberly will present the group exhibition “Code Word Safe” at FOCA’s Curator’s LAB while curating 6 artists whose works address text in abstract, gaming and performative platforms.

Gloria Sanchez is a Xicana-Filipina American artist who works in painting, weaving, sculpture, mixed media, and sign making. Her work reflects her upbringing in a culturally blended environment, and incorporates ideas pertaining to decolonization, anti-capitalism, and transcending the effects of marginalization and intergenerational trauma. Sanchez received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from California State University Long Beach in 2014. She works, teaches, and resides in the harbor area of Los Angeles, CA. She has worked within her local community to promote and generate grassroots art actions. She was part of WECAN (Wilmington Enrichment Community Artist Network) from 2009-2011, as well as Ell@s collective from 2011-2013. Both groups have been featured in videos produced by LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions). In 2012, Ell@s collective were guests Art facilitators for STAC (Slanguage Teen Art Council) at LA><ART as part of Slanguage Studio’s participation in the first MADE IN LA.Since 2012, She has been an Alumni and Affiliate of Slanguage Studio, founded by Mario Ybarra Jr. and Karla Diaz.  Gloria has recently exhibited work at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Cerritos College Far Bazaar, Downtown Art Center Gallery, Pasadena City College, LA><ART, Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles Water School, Mini Art Museum, El Comalito Collective, Angel City Brewery, and Art Share LA. She aspires to continue as a practicing artist, attain her Masters in Fine Arts, and continue on as an educator.

Kyla Hansen is a Los Angeles‐based sculptor who combines found objects, handcrafts, and Hollywood prop-­‐house materials in a scrappy language from desert suburbia. She received her Masters of Fine Art from Claremont Graduate University in 2012 and her Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2009. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Greater Los Angeles Area, including  Five Car Garage, Western Project, Torrance Art Museum, WEEKEND Space, California State University, Long Beach, Raid Projects,  and UCLA New Wight Gallery. Her work has  been recognized in several publications including Modern Painters Magazine’s 24 Artists to Watch in 2013. Hansen lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Erin Trefry is a Los Angeles based artist who makes visceral, emotionally charged sculptural paintings. At an early age, she was awarded multiple scholarships that enabled her to study at the Maryland Institute, College of Art; Parsons, Paris; and The New York Studio Program (A.I.C.A.D.). Upon graduation, Trefry returned to teach at her alma-mater where she received a series of grants to design and implement innovative arts curriculum. Professional designation along with her active role in education allowed her to maintain her autonomy as a working artist. As a descendent of textile designers, cobblers, and educators, her work suggests personal archeology. The warp and weft of fabric acts as an inherent drawing and serves as a catalyst for her constructions. Shoes, handbags, shirts, belts, and pants once belonging to her mother are given new life in her sculptural assemblages. They echo the physicality of the body with “wounded symmetry”.  Their association with Japanese armor, African masks, and the Commedia Dell'Arte attempts to evoke the depth of human behavior and to provoke a new lens into contemporary sculpture. Trefry exhibits, teaches, throws clay slabs, dances, and creates unusual spaces.

Lost & Found opens Saturday, February 9th, 7-10pm at Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles and will be on view through March 3rd.