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Erica Scourti was born in Athens, Greece, in 1980 and completed her BA Fine Art at Middlesex University after initially starting off on a Chemistry degree.

Her video work has been screened internationally including at the Videonale 11 in Bonn, the Reine Sofia Museum in Madrid, 3 times at Recontres Internationales Paris/ Berlin, and throughout galleries and screenings in the UK, most recently at the Elevator Gallery, Café Gallery Projects, the Exeter Phoenix and at ARTPROJX SPACE.

Her videos have been included in 4 DVDs of artists video in the UK: Castlefield’s “Best of Purescreen DVD’ vols 1, 2 and 3, and the Centre of Attention’s DVD Magazine. In 2007 she completed a Philosophy and Art Diploma (with Distinction) at Birkbeck College London, and a residency in the Pyrenees village of Anso.

She currently lives and works in east London, working also with young people to make participatory art works, and on a freelance basis making films for the International Center for Fine Art Research, based at Central St Martins.

EDUCATION / TRAINING


2008-09 Philosophy: Existentialism I and II @ Birkbeck
2007 Art & Philosophy Diploma Birkbeck (Distinction)
2001- 2003 BA Fine Art Middlesex University
2000 - 2001 BA Fine Art Textiles Goldsmiths College
1999 - 2000 BTEC Art & Design Foundation, London College of Fashion
1998 - 1999 BA Chemistry, University College London

2006
OCR Level 2 in IT
Photoshop cs2 (Advanced)

2005
Web Design 5 day course
Camera Operation- Sony PD170 2-day course
Flash MX 3-day course

2004
DVD Studio Pro 2.0 1-day course
Working in TV and Film: Business Skills
Final Cut Pro 2-day course
Editing: Fundamental Concepts, 1 day course
Business Start-Up in the Creative Arts (NVQ Level 1) London College of Communication



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