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.
Over the wave
Yoonjee Geem
Over the wave – Perlmutt, Öl auf Leinwand, 110x75 cm, 2023 This artwork is an oil painting featuring a mosaic of mother-of-pearl shells. Historically, mother-of-pearl has been used as an artistic material in Korea, but it has become increasingly difficult to gather in modern times. The shapes in the work resemble the flowing curves of ocean waves and the reflection of sunlight on water. However, the broken pieces symbolize marine pollution and the destruction of nature. This piece visualizes the fragility of nature and our reflection in it, echoing the urgent need for collective action to protect our oceans, much like the interconnectedness of the "Blue Tribes" striving for ocean health.
Over the wave – Perlmutt, Öl auf Leinwand, 110x75 cm, 2023 This artwork is an oil painting featuring a mosaic of mother-of-pearl shells. Historically, mother-of-pearl has been used as an artistic material in Korea, but it has become increasingly difficult to gather in modern times. The shapes in the work resemble the flowing curves of ocean waves and the reflection of sunlight on water. However, the broken pieces symbolize marine pollution and the destruction of nature. This piece visualizes the fragility of nature and our reflection in it, echoing the urgent need for collective action to protect our oceans, much like the interconnectedness of the "Blue Tribes" striving for ocean health.