About this Event
Marking the final day of The Cosmos Within, this closing event brings the exhibition to a thoughtful and intentional completion.
Led by Ella Mesma in conversation with Kamila CK, this session unfolds as a live dialogue exploring the idea of completion — what it means to truly bring something to a close, both in art and in life.
From the artist’s final signature on a painting, to the quiet rituals that mark our passages — a graduation, a birthday, the closing of a chapter — we reflect on why completion matters: not only for the conscious mind, but as an essential gesture within the creative and human experience.
Together, we return to the core themes of the exhibition — interconnectivity, inner cosmos, and the Enso circle — creating space to pause, reflect, and integrate. Through guided questions, shared reflections, and open conversation, you are invited to digest, expand, and complete your journey through the work.
There will also be an opportunity for an informal Q&A, offering a chance to engage directly with Kamila about the process, ideas, and evolution of the work.
This is a space for those drawn to art, philosophy, and meaningful dialogue — a moment to gather, reflect, and close the circle together.
No experience is needed — just bring your curiosity, openness, and presence
About facilitators
Ella (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and somatic practitioner with over 20 years of experience.
She is the Artistic Director of Ella Mesma Company and runs Maya Gandaia, an embodied coaching practice integrating Myofascial Release (Rolfing), Wheel of Consent facilitation, and trauma-informed approaches.
Ella trained at London Contemporary Dance School (MA Dance, 2017) after studying in Brazil, where she trained in samba and aerial silks and paraded in Rio carnival as a passista in 2006. Her performance career includes Russell Maliphant Company, Lea Anderson (The Chomondeleys), and the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Of multiple heritage (Black Nigerian and white British), Ella is inspired to make work that celebrates diaspora dance forms and centres underrepresented voices. Ella Mesma Company has been commissioned by Sadler's Wells, Manchester International Festival (Little Amal), and the National Centre for Circus Arts. She has been Associate Artist at Dance City, Trinity Centre Bristol, Pavilion Dance South West, and The Place (Choreodrome 2023).
Ella is certified in TRE (Trauma Release Exercises), Myofascial Release/Rolfing and the Wheel of Consent. She weaves somatic wisdom into everything she creates, making work that is accessible, consent-based, and deeply embodied.
Kamila CK is a UK-based interdisciplinary visual artist working across performance and aerial dance, abstract painting, and Zen calligraphy.
Born in Poland, Kamila has lived and worked in the UK since 2007. She holds a MA in International Hospitality Management from Oxford, UK, and led marketing efforts for hotel brands before turning to art following her transformative visits to Japan in 2018 and 2019.
Since then, she studied Zen calligraphy under Japanese artist Rie Takeda, honing the meditative Enso circle painting technique, which has become central to her work. Complementing this, she completed professional training in circus arts, integrating movement and aerial performance into her visual art practice.
Central themes in her work include cosmology, synchronicity, Zen philosophy and the ever-unfolding cyclical nature of existence.
“I believe that by remembering that we are part of something greater, we can remember who we truly are and what we are capable of”
Multiple Arts Council England funding recipient, in 2026, Kamila was awarded a National Lottery Project Grants (NLPD) following a Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) grant in 2025. Her works have been showed across the UK and internationally — from Riverside Studios, London (‘25), Camden Fringe at Cockpit Theatre, London (‘24 and ’26’), Affordable Art Fair (‘26, ‘22), Firepit Gallery (’26), The Crypt Gallery (’26), Laura I Gallery, London (21’–22’), and Bloomsbury Theatre, London (‘21) to Lincoln Arts Centre (2024) as well as internationally including Italy, France, and the US.
Key milestones in her career also include residencies at Space Clarence Mews, London (2023–26), NG Art Residency, Provence, France (2021) and La Maison Les Météores, Bourgogne, France (2022). These experiences provided the space to develop new works, push creative boundaries, and collaborate with musicians, visual artists, and performers.
Her paintings and calligraphy are part of private collections in the UK, US, Canada, Mexico, France, and Poland.
Kamila lives in Lincoln and continues to work in the UK and internationally.
The programme is supported by Arts Council England and is part of the UK Mental Health Awareness Week.
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