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.
Return to the Ocean
Yuan Yuan
Growing up on a peninsula city embraced by the sea, I've always felt an intrinsic bond with the ocean. Traveling and residing globally, I've encountered a recurring sensation—a profound déjà vu triggered by symbols and spaces reminiscent of my coastal hometown. In "Return to the Ocean," I place symbolic objects and geometric forms inspired by my city upon sandy shores, creating visual metaphors for the interconnectedness between humans and the marine environment. This series comprises illuminated light boxes and inflatable sculptures; one inflatable specifically incorporates colors from 30 days of collected sunsets, reflecting the slow-paced lifestyle and serene beauty of my seaside hometown. The largest inflatable embodies the city's unique geography, surrounded by sea on three sides and mountains on the fourth, drawing considerable attention from local residents. The work addresses the urgent call for planetary healing by illustrating how coastal communities—the "Blue Tribes"—can nurture harmony between humanity and ocean ecosystems. Through playful yet contemplative imagery, the series explores themes of environmental mindfulness, marine biodiversity, and the collective memory of oceanic landscapes, encouraging a restorative dialogue about ocean health and human responsibility. （https://yuan-uan.art/return-to-the-ocean）
Growing up on a peninsula city embraced by the sea, I've always felt an intrinsic bond with the ocean. Traveling and residing globally, I've encountered a recurring sensation—a profound déjà vu triggered by symbols and spaces reminiscent of my coastal hometown. In "Return to the Ocean," I place symbolic objects and geometric forms inspired by my city upon sandy shores, creating visual metaphors for the interconnectedness between humans and the marine environment. This series comprises illuminated light boxes and inflatable sculptures; one inflatable specifically incorporates colors from 30 days of collected sunsets, reflecting the slow-paced lifestyle and serene beauty of my seaside hometown. The largest inflatable embodies the city's unique geography, surrounded by sea on three sides and mountains on the fourth, drawing considerable attention from local residents. The work addresses the urgent call for planetary healing by illustrating how coastal communities—the "Blue Tribes"—can nurture harmony between humanity and ocean ecosystems. Through playful yet contemplative imagery, the series explores themes of environmental mindfulness, marine biodiversity, and the collective memory of oceanic landscapes, encouraging a restorative dialogue about ocean health and human responsibility. （https://yuan-uan.art/return-to-the-ocean）