Welcome to the Social Art Award 2025 – Online Gallery!
🌊 Dear friends of art and transformation, 🌊
A heartfelt thank you to all artists and creatives who submitted their powerful works for this year’s Social Art Award under the theme: “Planetary Healing – Blue Tribes for Ocean Health.” Your inspiring visions speak to ocean restoration, biodiversity, and reimagining our coexistence with all life forms on Earth.
After receiving 922 submissions from across all continents, and concluding a very active public voting phase, the Social Art Award now enters its next chapter:
🔹 What’s next?
The professional jury panel is currently reviewing and selecting the TOP 100 entries that will be featured in the official Social Art Award 2025 book. In parallel, the two public voting winners will move forward as wildcards into the final jury round.
🔹 Coming up:
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Shortlisted artists (TOP 10) will be announced by mid-June.
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Winners of the Social Art Award 2025 will be revealed at our Online Award Ceremony on July 2, 2025.
We invite you to stay connected as we celebrate the power of Social Art to drive dialogue, awareness, and collective transformation.
Let’s continue to amplify art as a force for Planetary Healing.
Wounds and Healing: The Ocean’s Skin
Berke Eren Gun
Across cultures, serpents have been revered as guardians of water bodies. From the cosmic Ananta Shesha of Hindu mythology, which cradles the universe upon endless waters, to the Rainbow Serpent of Aboriginal Australian legend, bringing life-giving rains, the serpent is an ancient keeper of equilibrium. In sculptural form, the snake can serve as a visual language for oceanic health—twisting, coiling, and flowing like ocean currents that sustain marine life.Just as a snake’s skin bears the marks of its past before renewal, our oceans carry the scars of human impact—bleached corals, plastic pollution, and disrupted ecosystems. Sculptures depicting fragmented, eroded snake forms could echo these wounds while simultaneously suggesting the potential for healing. By incorporating interactive elements—perhaps sculptures that erode over time or integrate living marine organisms—these works can serve as evolving testaments to resilience.
Across cultures, serpents have been revered as guardians of water bodies. From the cosmic Ananta Shesha of Hindu mythology, which cradles the universe upon endless waters, to the Rainbow Serpent of Aboriginal Australian legend, bringing life-giving rains, the serpent is an ancient keeper of equilibrium. In sculptural form, the snake can serve as a visual language for oceanic health—twisting, coiling, and flowing like ocean currents that sustain marine life.Just as a snake’s skin bears the marks of its past before renewal, our oceans carry the scars of human impact—bleached corals, plastic pollution, and disrupted ecosystems. Sculptures depicting fragmented, eroded snake forms could echo these wounds while simultaneously suggesting the potential for healing. By incorporating interactive elements—perhaps sculptures that erode over time or integrate living marine organisms—these works can serve as evolving testaments to resilience.