Bio

Erica Scoggins is a Chattanooga-based artist, filmmaker, and musician . Her multi-disciplinary practice examines altered states of consciousness brought on by adrenaline, desire, disease, and trauma and draws on myth and archetype to challenge modern social standards.

After studying fine art and writing at Belmont University in Nashville, Scoggins completed her MFA in Film Directing at California Institute of the Arts. As a postgraduate teaching fellow at Calarts, she taught a hybrid theory/practice course on the depiction of unexplainable phenomena in cinema. Her films have screened around the globe as well as across the United States.

She is one half of sultry goth grunge duo, Red gene and performs vocals on live metal scores of classic silent films with her friends The Silent Light. She teaches art at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga.

Press

Close-Up Culture Interview - Erica Scoggins On Exploring The Horrors And Wonders Of Becoming A Woman In ‘The Boogeywoman’

Arts Atlanta - Atlanta Film Festival’s New MavericksCenters Female-Driven Stories

Birdmen Magazine - ‘The Boogeywoman’ Review

We Are Moving Stories - interview

Testkammer - Interview

Hyperallergic - Fantasia International Film Festival Review

Number : Inc. Art of the South - Interview

La Brasserie du Court/The Sacred Disease - Interview

WUTC - Interview

La Brasserie du Court / The Boogeywoman - Interview