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.
The Covenant of Tides
Maryna Gradnova
2025. Ink on paper. 210mm x 295mm. A surreal depiction of a human-ocean pact, where figures from diverse cultures stand in ritual formation, holding offerings—shells, seaweed, water jars—toward an enormous, ancient wave that watches like a sentient force. The ocean is painted as both a guardian and a witness, with swirling, mythic creatures emerging from its depths, embodying ocean health and transformation. « We are not separate from the ocean. This piece invites reflection on cultural wisdom, ritual, and the urgent need to redefine our relationship with the sea ».
2025. Ink on paper. 210mm x 295mm. A surreal depiction of a human-ocean pact, where figures from diverse cultures stand in ritual formation, holding offerings—shells, seaweed, water jars—toward an enormous, ancient wave that watches like a sentient force. The ocean is painted as both a guardian and a witness, with swirling, mythic creatures emerging from its depths, embodying ocean health and transformation. « We are not separate from the ocean. This piece invites reflection on cultural wisdom, ritual, and the urgent need to redefine our relationship with the sea ».