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.
The Blue Around Us – Le Grand Bleu (2024) Medium...
Valentin Bakardjiev
At the center of The Blue Around Us lies an absence—an empty circle that draws the viewer in. This missing core creates an unexpected tension: why is there nothing in the center? The artwork, immersed in deep blue tones and divided by a horizon, symbolizes the ocean and sky—elements that unite us beyond borders. Yet, the void at its heart asks us to step into the emptiness, to recognize our presence within the vast ecosystem that surrounds us. We often forget that we are part of this equation—that we must look around, acknowledge our impact, and act to protect our fragile blue planet. Through layered indigo-dyed paper and the ancient Shibori technique, this work invites introspection and a shift in awareness.
At the center of The Blue Around Us lies an absence—an empty circle that draws the viewer in. This missing core creates an unexpected tension: why is there nothing in the center? The artwork, immersed in deep blue tones and divided by a horizon, symbolizes the ocean and sky—elements that unite us beyond borders. Yet, the void at its heart asks us to step into the emptiness, to recognize our presence within the vast ecosystem that surrounds us. We often forget that we are part of this equation—that we must look around, acknowledge our impact, and act to protect our fragile blue planet. Through layered indigo-dyed paper and the ancient Shibori technique, this work invites introspection and a shift in awareness.