BIOGRAPHY

Chuntian is the Founder and Director of Canal Dream Community Interest Company (CD), an award-winning non-profit arts and cultural organisation dedicated to creating multi-arts events on London’s waterways. CD’s vision is to animate the historical canal network with emerging arts.

Chuntian has organised 14 events along the Regent's Canal, including Canal Dream Art Festival and collaborations with the London Design Festival, Inland Waters Association’s (IWA) Canalway Cavalcade and the Aranya Theater Festival. CD has received several awards, including the IWA’s Marcus Boudier Trophy in 2022 and 2024. Chuntian has built a strong network in both the canal and creative community. CD works with 10+ boats, including Global Generation’s Floating Garden and Word on the Water, the London based book barge. CD has built a network of over 300 creatives, mostly from the UK's leading arts schools. CD attracts significant audiences, with over 700 visitors booked for a single event during the London Design Festival.

Chuntian has a multidisciplinary educational background, including art, design, and business, making her a skilled cross-sector collaborator.

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I HAVE STUDIED DESIGN, ART, AND BUSINESS AT...

I FOUNDED AND LEAD CANAL DREAM CIC,
PRODUCING ART & CULTURAL EVENTS ON CANALS, IN COLLABORATION WITH...

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I HAVE DEVELOPED PRODUCT & SERVICE DESIGN PROJECTS FOR, WITH, OR AT...

I HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS (SELECTED):

May 2024 Winner of Marcus Boudier Trophy - Inland Waterways Association Canalway Cavalcade 2024: Award for the best decorated privately entered boat in Pageant of Boats
May 2024 Runner up of The Cruise Electric Trophy - Inland Waterways Association Canalway Cavalcade 2024: Award for the best illuminated boat in Procession of Illuminated Boats
Sep 2023 Runner up of The Cruise Electric Trophy - Inland Waterways Association Canalway Cavalcade 2023: Award for the best illuminated boat in Procession of Illuminated Boats
Sep 2022 Global Design Graduate Show 2022 Shortlisted - ARTSTHREAD X GUCCI
Jun 2022 Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Royal College of Art, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design
May 2022 Winner of Marcus Boudier Trophy - Inland Waterways Association Canalway Cavalcade 2022: Award for the best decorated privately entered boat in Pageant of Boats
Feb 2021 Winner of HackLBS 2021 - London Business School: Award for Empowering women by Entreprenurship Club x Women in Business Club
Jun 2017 First prize, Graduation Design - Central Academy of Fine Arts
Jun 2017 Qianlixing Scholarship Shortlisted - Central Academy of Fine Arts
Apr 2017 China National Scholarship - Ministry of Education (China)
Jun 2016 Beijing High-Level Talents Cross-Training Program for Universities (Entrepreneurship Category, Graduation Project) - Beijing Municipal Education Commission

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