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.
Dame Justicia
Ibiere Peter Dede
As I reflect on the plight of our oceans, I'm reminded of a fisherman's haunting realization: The fisherman sets sail on a Voyage off Okrika high sea. Mounts his nets and realises that The life underwater? extinct The fishes that roar? extinct The oysters that sway their shells? extinct The periwinkles and mudskippers that once flooded the mangroves? extinct The aesthetically pleasing sea creatures that aroused praises and flattery to genuflect his ego? all extinct. All that's trapped to his net? Survivors (the tilapias and crustaceans) accompanied by an erie silent sea, devoid of the effervescent bubbly aquatic habitats. The main culprit? Climate change, proudly sponsored by harzardous industrial Interference. We seek justice for the vibrant lives that once thrived beneath our waterways. By sharing this narrative, I hope to inspire a sense of justice and accountability for the vibrant lives that once thrived beneath our waterways. Together, we can work towards a future where human activities and ocean health coexist in harmony.
As I reflect on the plight of our oceans, I'm reminded of a fisherman's haunting realization: The fisherman sets sail on a Voyage off Okrika high sea. Mounts his nets and realises that The life underwater? extinct The fishes that roar? extinct The oysters that sway their shells? extinct The periwinkles and mudskippers that once flooded the mangroves? extinct The aesthetically pleasing sea creatures that aroused praises and flattery to genuflect his ego? all extinct. All that's trapped to his net? Survivors (the tilapias and crustaceans) accompanied by an erie silent sea, devoid of the effervescent bubbly aquatic habitats. The main culprit? Climate change, proudly sponsored by harzardous industrial Interference. We seek justice for the vibrant lives that once thrived beneath our waterways. By sharing this narrative, I hope to inspire a sense of justice and accountability for the vibrant lives that once thrived beneath our waterways. Together, we can work towards a future where human activities and ocean health coexist in harmony.