Lines of Belonging

In this new body of work, Anastasia Parmson revisits everyday objects that quietly anchor us. Not by their monetary value but through the emotional terrain of shared recognition. These works trace the intangible outlines of home, shaped by memory, migration and cultural nuance. Rendered with precision and restraint, each drawing becomes a point of connection, like the invisible threads that link us to place, history and one another.

Born in Soviet-occupied Estonia, growing up in an apartment shared between three households and leaving home as a teenager to study abroad, Parmson’s world was shaped by migration across continents and the sense of never quite belonging. With her signature crisp lines, she elevates the overlooked, transforming humble objects into a coded language of belonging.

These works, both intimate and political, become a personal cartography where memory, nostalgia and cultural nuance converge.