WINTER BREAK ME - OFF SEASON 2026
Winter Break Me - Off Season 2026
Cecilia Bonilla / Jemima Brown / Chiara Williams
Hold me; down
Spread me; out
Open me; up
Soak me; in
Winter within me:
warm skin and sheets
ruffling feathers and nuzzling the surf
of our slumbering bodies.
(poem excerpt from 'Refrain', Chiara Williams)
‘Winter Break Me’ surrenders to the discomfort of the cold season, extending an invitation to pause.
Devised specifically for the Off-Season weekend, this exhibition of sculpture, film and performance unfolds within the domestic spaces of a high-end apartment, in a building that served as a hotel and tavern from 1754 until the mid-20th-century decline of the seaside tourist industry. The artists’ works gently engage with the apartment’s shifting light, its interiors and existing décor, while afternoon tea is served daily, 4–5pm, framed by one of the finest sunset views across Margate Sands.
Opening Times
Fri 23, Sat 24, Sun 25 January 2026
Open daily 12-5pm
Afternoon tea served daily 4-5pm
Artists in conversation Sunday 4-5pm
Location
Flat 4, Royal York Mansions,
The Parade, Margate CT9 1EZ
Further info: www.chiarawilliams.com/winter-break-me.html
Access
Not wheelchair/pram accessible
The venue is on the second floor
Two flights of wide stairs with handrail
No shoes inside the venue, slippers provided
Suitable for all ages
Afternoon tea is drop in 4-5pm but not guaranteed.
About the artists
Cecilia Bonilla
ceciliabonilla.com / @ceciliabonilla_studio
With a multidisciplinary practice, Bonilla’s work spans across collage, photography, video, sculpture and installation.
She studied Fine Art in NWSA, Miami, Florida leading to a MFA at Chelsea College of Art. Since 1995, she has exhibited internationally including: Annihilation, SNAP Art Centre, Shanghai, China; 2023,The Touch of Others, The Eye Sees Projects, Roussilion, France 2023; Echadoras de la buena fortuna, Campo Art Fest, Garzon, Uruguay, 2022, Contagio, Cecilia Brunson Project, London 2020, IT’S NOT FOREVER, Galeria del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay; Anthology, Charlie Smith, London, 2016; The way you see it, Grey House Foundation, Krakow, Poland, 2014; A tourist in other people's Reality, Vestry House Museum, London, 2013; We sell pornography here, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, 2013; Veladas, MNAV, Montevideo, 2013; Se Alquila, EAC, Montevideo, 2013 ; Video Dumbo, Eyebeam, N.Y, 2013.
Jemima Brown
jemimabrown.com / @jemima_brown_artist
Jemima Brown graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art in 1995. Her work in sculpture, installation and drawing has been widely exhibited in the UK and internationally. Past awards include a Fulbright Scholarship as a guest of the Graduate Program at University of California Los Angeles, as well as the Cocheme Fellowship at University of the Arts, London.
She received the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award at Standpoint in London in 2011 and relocated to Thanet in 2014. Recent exhibitions include The Great Indoors at Sidney Cooper Gallery in Canterbury, UK (2019) and Peace Camp at West Berkshire Museum in Newbury, UK (2021/22).
Chiara Williams
chiarawilliams.com / @chiara_williams
Chiara Williams holds an MFA & BFA from The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford and an MA in Audio-Visual Production from London Metropolitan University. Her practice spans installation, performance, video, sculpture, painting and writing, exploring the body as vessel and instrument in dialogue with elemental forces. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, including at the 53rd & 54th Venice Biennales. Recent exhibitions include Birds not Bitches, LIMBO project space, 2024; Cycloptics, Space52 Athens, Greece, 2024; The Disoeuvre - Household Mix, Roseville, Ramsgate, 2022; Push Pull Hold Still, The Lido Stores, Margate, Kent, 2022; A rose is a rose is a rose, Liddicoat & Goldhill Project Space, The Printworks, Margate, 2018; At The Violet Hour, The Nayland Rock Hotel, Margate, 2018. Williams’s work is in the MIMA collection, the Paintings in Hospitals Collection.
Cecilia Bonilla / Jemima Brown / Chiara Williams
Hold me; down
Spread me; out
Open me; up
Soak me; in
Winter within me:
warm skin and sheets
ruffling feathers and nuzzling the surf
of our slumbering bodies.
(poem excerpt from 'Refrain', Chiara Williams)
‘Winter Break Me’ surrenders to the discomfort of the cold season, extending an invitation to pause.
Devised specifically for the Off-Season weekend, this exhibition of sculpture, film and performance unfolds within the domestic spaces of a high-end apartment, in a building that served as a hotel and tavern from 1754 until the mid-20th-century decline of the seaside tourist industry. The artists’ works gently engage with the apartment’s shifting light, its interiors and existing décor, while afternoon tea is served daily, 4–5pm, framed by one of the finest sunset views across Margate Sands.
Opening Times
Fri 23, Sat 24, Sun 25 January 2026
Open daily 12-5pm
Afternoon tea served daily 4-5pm
Artists in conversation Sunday 4-5pm
Location
Flat 4, Royal York Mansions,
The Parade, Margate CT9 1EZ
Further info: www.chiarawilliams.com/winter-break-me.html
Access
Not wheelchair/pram accessible
The venue is on the second floor
Two flights of wide stairs with handrail
No shoes inside the venue, slippers provided
Suitable for all ages
Afternoon tea is drop in 4-5pm but not guaranteed.
About the artists
Cecilia Bonilla
ceciliabonilla.com / @ceciliabonilla_studio
With a multidisciplinary practice, Bonilla’s work spans across collage, photography, video, sculpture and installation.
She studied Fine Art in NWSA, Miami, Florida leading to a MFA at Chelsea College of Art. Since 1995, she has exhibited internationally including: Annihilation, SNAP Art Centre, Shanghai, China; 2023,The Touch of Others, The Eye Sees Projects, Roussilion, France 2023; Echadoras de la buena fortuna, Campo Art Fest, Garzon, Uruguay, 2022, Contagio, Cecilia Brunson Project, London 2020, IT’S NOT FOREVER, Galeria del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay; Anthology, Charlie Smith, London, 2016; The way you see it, Grey House Foundation, Krakow, Poland, 2014; A tourist in other people's Reality, Vestry House Museum, London, 2013; We sell pornography here, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, 2013; Veladas, MNAV, Montevideo, 2013; Se Alquila, EAC, Montevideo, 2013 ; Video Dumbo, Eyebeam, N.Y, 2013.
Jemima Brown
jemimabrown.com / @jemima_brown_artist
Jemima Brown graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art in 1995. Her work in sculpture, installation and drawing has been widely exhibited in the UK and internationally. Past awards include a Fulbright Scholarship as a guest of the Graduate Program at University of California Los Angeles, as well as the Cocheme Fellowship at University of the Arts, London.
She received the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award at Standpoint in London in 2011 and relocated to Thanet in 2014. Recent exhibitions include The Great Indoors at Sidney Cooper Gallery in Canterbury, UK (2019) and Peace Camp at West Berkshire Museum in Newbury, UK (2021/22).
Chiara Williams
chiarawilliams.com / @chiara_williams
Chiara Williams holds an MFA & BFA from The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford and an MA in Audio-Visual Production from London Metropolitan University. Her practice spans installation, performance, video, sculpture, painting and writing, exploring the body as vessel and instrument in dialogue with elemental forces. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, including at the 53rd & 54th Venice Biennales. Recent exhibitions include Birds not Bitches, LIMBO project space, 2024; Cycloptics, Space52 Athens, Greece, 2024; The Disoeuvre - Household Mix, Roseville, Ramsgate, 2022; Push Pull Hold Still, The Lido Stores, Margate, Kent, 2022; A rose is a rose is a rose, Liddicoat & Goldhill Project Space, The Printworks, Margate, 2018; At The Violet Hour, The Nayland Rock Hotel, Margate, 2018. Williams’s work is in the MIMA collection, the Paintings in Hospitals Collection.
