The Places We Call Home Exhibition Is Now Live on Women in Arts Network

“We are beyond thrilled to share that our newest international virtual exhibition, The Places We Call Home, by Women in Arts Network, is now live!

This exhibition is more than just a collection of artworks it’s a reflection on what it truly means to belong. Hosted by the Women in Arts Network, it brings together women-identifying and non-binary artists from across the globe, each offering their own interpretation of “home.” Through their work, they explore the physical and emotional landscapes that define where we come from, where we’ve been, and where our hearts continue to return.

From painting and photography to sculpture, mixed media, and digital art, each piece reveals how deeply personal yet universally understood the concept of home can be. Together, these works form a tapestry of memory, identity, and feeling, reminding us that “home” isn’t always a place. Sometimes, it’s a moment, a person, or simply a quiet knowing that we belong.

Why “The Places We Call Home”?

The title of this exhibition, The Places We Call Home, holds a meaning that reaches beyond walls or borders.

Home can be many things a scent, a sound, a memory. It can be the smell of morning tea drifting through a familiar kitchen, the soft creak of wooden floors under your feet, or the hum of a city street that still seems to know your name. For some, it’s a person the one whose presence makes any space feel safe. And for others, it’s something even more abstract a fleeting warmth in the heart, a memory that lingers no matter how far we wander.

As one reflection beautifully says, “Maybe home isn’t a place, but a feeling the quiet knowing that you belong, even when everything else changes.”

We chose the title The Places We Call Home because it speaks to the idea that home is both rooted and fluid. It evolves as we do. It’s not just the house we grew up in or the country we left behind it’s every space that has ever held us, comforted us, or reminded us of who we are. This exhibition is an invitation to look inward and ask:
What makes a place feel like home to you?

The Meaning of Home on Display

When you step into this exhibition, it’s like opening the doors to a thousand worlds — each one shaped by the artist’s own sense of belonging.

Some works are tender and nostalgic, capturing the soft light of a kitchen at dawn or the embrace of a loved one at the doorway. Others are abstract, evoking displacement, memory, and the search for identity through color, texture, and form.

You might see landscapes that stretch into the horizon, suggesting distance and longing. Or interiors filled with warmth and familiarity, reminding you of comfort found in simple moments a chair by the window, a cat curled up on the rug, the quiet hum of home.

Each piece carries a story some filled with joy, others with ache. Together, they remind us that while our journeys may differ, the longing to belong is universal.

Exhibiting Artists

We are honoured to present the incredible talents whose works make up this exhibition:

Their works remind us that “home” is not just a physical structure; it’s the sound of laughter echoing in a hallway, the comfort of shared silence, or the tenderness of a memory that still feels close. Through their art, they’ve given form to the invisible love, loss, longing, and the gentle joy of belonging.

A Celebration of Belonging Across the World

The response to this open call was nothing short of extraordinary. Artists from all over the world shared their personal stories of homes stories shaped by culture, distance, and emotion. And yet, each one carried the same thread: the desire to belong, to feel rooted, to be seen.

The Places We Call Home reminds us of the unifying power of art. While our definitions of home may differ, the feelings tied to it comfort, nostalgia, longing, peace are universal. As you move through the exhibition, you see not only where these artists come from, but how they carry those places within them.

As the poet Maya Angelou once said, “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”

With The Places We Call Home, we aim to hold space for that ache and for the beauty that comes with it. This exhibition is a reminder that home is not just where we started, but something we continue to create through memory, connection, and care.

It invites us to look inward, to rediscover the spaces that made us, and to honour the ones we are still finding. Because no matter where we go, the feeling of home the quiet knowing that we belong always finds its way back to us.