NCCA gallery presents In-sight for april exhibition

From Thought to Form. Experience how abstract ideas take tangible form in In-Sight—an exhibition by the SeekArt Collective at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Gallery, running from April 13 to 30 in Intramuros, Manila.

This April 2026 exhibition of the NCCA showcases how artists transform observation and reflection into compelling “visual field notes” that invite viewers to see, think, and rethink the world. Moreover, the exhibition proposes that artworks are not simply finished objects but records of an ongoing engagement with ideas, shaped through cycles of perception and reconsideration.

The works in the exhibition approach this process from distinct yet interconnected directions. John Merick Eupalao reflects on the shifting realities of rural life, drawing from his roots in Alabat, Quezon, to evoke questions of labor, sustenance, and cultural continuity. Flaviano Lucas, Jr. engages with the presence of artificial intelligence, presenting it not as a substitute for human creativity but as a condition that artists actively negotiate and reshape.

Meanwhile, John Michael P. Oarga turns to community narratives, presenting space as something formed through shared experience rather than fixed boundaries. Eleanore Fern B. Pagaduan invites a slower, more deliberate act of seeing, where memory and personal histories unfold through layered encounters. Susanne Therese D. Tolentino situates her work within local cultural practice, demonstrating how design can articulate and strengthen collective identity. Jared Yokte, on the other hand, examines endurance through the body, offering a reflection on time as something physically felt rather than simply measured.

Taken together, these works emphasize a mode of practice that is investigative and responsive, encouraging audiences to engage with the exhibition not passively, but with attentiveness and curiosity. In doing so, In-Sight positions the viewer alongside the artist—as an active participant in making sense of what is seen and what remains to be discovered.