Welcome to the Social Art Award 2025 – Online Gallery!
We are grateful for the many powerful contributions from artists across the globe. The selected works reflect the diversity of contemporary social art practices and address urgent issues such as climate and water crises, social and economic inequality, migration, conflict, discrimination, and the protection of human and more-than-human life.
Below you will find the submissions from the edition of 2024/2025 that passed the initial jury round. The Online Gallery offers public visibility to these works and supports dialogue around their themes; it does not replace the final jury decision.
Thank you to all artists for sharing your inspiring and committed work. We invite you to explore the gallery and engage with the perspectives shaping the Social Art Award 2025.
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.