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.
World Amplifier 世界放大器
Michael Vincent Manalo MVM
Shaped like a fish, with driftwood resembling its scales and a speaker as its fin, this organic form harmonizes with the wetland environment. When viewers enter the space, they can listen to the ambient sounds of Xiangshan Wetlands through the speaker—the waves, bird calls, crabs digging, and the wind. The design of the viewing window directs their gaze toward the horizon where the sea meets the sky, guiding them to experience a sense of inner peace through the interplay of the artwork and the natural surroundings.
Shaped like a fish, with driftwood resembling its scales and a speaker as its fin, this organic form harmonizes with the wetland environment. When viewers enter the space, they can listen to the ambient sounds of Xiangshan Wetlands through the speaker—the waves, bird calls, crabs digging, and the wind. The design of the viewing window directs their gaze toward the horizon where the sea meets the sky, guiding them to experience a sense of inner peace through the interplay of the artwork and the natural surroundings.