Plant-Based Diet gathers a diverse group of artists whose works draw from the ecological, symbolic, and emotional life of plants. Their approaches vary, from intricate scientific renderings and abstract meditations to textile-based works and ritual-inspired installations, but all share a deep sensitivity to the vegetal world and its entanglement with human experience.

Some works reflect the intimacy of observation: delicate botanical studies that verge on scientific illustration, honoring Philippine flora not only as aesthetic subjects but as essential beings under threat. Others approach plants as metaphor, standing in for memory, transformation, queerness, grief, and resilience. In several pieces, foliage merges with the body, collapsing the line between self and environment, while large-scale prints and immersive installations evoke landscapes both real and imagined.

Together, the exhibition articulates a layered ecology: visual, emotional, and political. It honors the Philippines’ rich botanical heritage while confronting the forces that endanger it: deforestation, climate collapse, and cultural forgetting. Plant-Based Diet asks viewers to consider their own relationships with the land and its life forms, and what it means to care for what sustains us.

By weaving together the voices of Aissa Domingo, Alaga, Ambie Abano, Gianne Encarnacion, Halamæn, Issay Rodriguez, Jone Sibugan, Kathleen Baraan, Kenneth Montegrande, Laura Abejo, Mark Czar Espenilla, and Zian Olmedo, this exhibition becomes more than a tribute, it is a call to attention, and a gesture of collective care.