Chensy Guan
Costume designer / Film maker / Art director
+44（0）771 92 69 233
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Profile
My research interests and skills in film directing，make up and costume design. Since 2015 I have held a variety of creative jobs that have ranged from film Director to Creative director in London and Beijing, working on projects specific to the Fashion and Cometic industry. My research relied on the visual studies and film/video/interaction design practice and expanded performance, and includes an interest in: textile philosophy; fashion images in the formulation of narrative; inequality society；disinformation; objectification.
Key Skills
Costume design /Film director /Art director /Creative make up /Mixed media textile design /
Software： Adobe Premiere Pro; Photoshop; Microsoft Outlook；Marvelous Designer
Languages：Mandarin / English
Film director & Art director & Costume designer
Film director
2017 Industrial Revolution - Fashion film. 2017. Collaboration with Dr. Mario Hamad.
Premiered at BAFTA- qualifying. Aesthetica short Film Festival 2018(official
selection ). My role: Co- director, costume designer, visual director, make up
artist. See Programs (Listed on page 128, Fashion section) . Watch film
2016 Enter the Candy - The fashion film for my final project <Enter the Candy> has
been selected public screening in ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) as part of the
London Short Fashion Film Festival. Watch film
2015 Plastic life - Film and costume practice about the Plastic Surgery in 2015.
Watch film
Art director
2019 SHE DANCES -
a series of workshops and performances with teenage girls in Camden taking
ownership of urban spaces through dance supported by the British Library,
Camden People’s Theatre, Global Generations and MakeSpace.My role：Art
director, costume designer, make up artist.
CHEAP THRILLS: BE MY BOSOM BUDDY_VACUUM COMMERCIAL Watch film
CHEAP THRILLS: BE MY BOSOM BUDDY_PILLOWS Watch film
A Cheap Thrills News Report Watch film
2017 PICTURE THIS - A durational performance satirising pop culture and the art world
commissioned by the British Museum. Watch here
2016 BAL DU PASSE - An interactive surreal performance of miss - behavior
commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts. My role: Co-director, costume
designer, visual director, make up Artist. Watch here
Costume designer
2013 FAT TANG THIN SONG - Chinese classical dance drama，commissioned by
Beijing Tianqiao theatre.The performance won the Best costume design Denny
Award in Beijing. Watch here
Selection of awards and fellowship
2017 Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters scholarships
2014 Selected into the Key Talent Pool of Culture Industry Creative Entrepreneur of
Ministry of Culture Award
2012 Dance Drama “Fat Tang and Thin Song” won the Award of Best costume design
Denny Award in Beijing for International Excellence in Theatrical Arts
2009 Copenhagen DAF International Anti-Fur Competition, China Region Award
2008 Golden Award of Natural Cup 2007-2008 International T-shirt Design Competition
Published & Exhibition
Magazine
Journal article
Guan，G .(2013). “A study on clothing art aesthetics of Tang Dynasty in Dunhuang Frescoes ”. Journal of Art and Design.
Exhibition
The Three Exhibitions 12/02/2021, Digital prints . Production still ©2021 A STUDIO. Photo: Alex Li. .Chi K11 Art Museum Shanghai . Watch here
Presentation & Charity
2016 TEDxEuston stage with their Afro-Brazilian rhythmically rich dance. Design
costume for Irineu Nogueira and CHAOS Performance. Watch here
2019 Art and Fashion collage presentation for Northeast Normal University Academy .
2021 Flyway Art and Mental Health Exhibition between China and Scotland .(The programme includes online and physical exhibitions of selected works from August 2021 in both China and Scotland（Forth Valley Royal Hospital，date TBC）. Watch here As an International TCFL(Teaching Chinese as a Foreign language) Volunteer, the participant shared knowledge and experience to the students in Bali, Indonesia from 28th February to 3rd April,2022 and made invaluable contributions during the program. Watch here
