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.
Catch of the Day
Alex Dunsmuir
While the everyday objects depicted in this work are typically made from plastic or aluminum, everything in this piece is handcrafted entirely from paper, combining traditional and modern techniques. The bottle caps were created using a centuries-old paper rolling process. To make the fishing net, I twisted washi paper into twine and then weaved it using a traditional net-making technique. This process requires a special netting needle, which I made out of layered paper. The cigarettes are hand rolled and the burnt ash is finely grated cardstock. The layered paper plate, sardine can, fish hook, balloon, and utensils were created using paper sculpture techniques. In the spirit of this work, nothing was purchased to create it. I only used scraps and offcuts from previous projects. The bright colours are a nod to the “rainbow trash” movement, where artists around the world are using plastic and metal garbage salvaged from beaches and oceans to create beautiful works of art.
While the everyday objects depicted in this work are typically made from plastic or aluminum, everything in this piece is handcrafted entirely from paper, combining traditional and modern techniques. The bottle caps were created using a centuries-old paper rolling process. To make the fishing net, I twisted washi paper into twine and then weaved it using a traditional net-making technique. This process requires a special netting needle, which I made out of layered paper. The cigarettes are hand rolled and the burnt ash is finely grated cardstock. The layered paper plate, sardine can, fish hook, balloon, and utensils were created using paper sculpture techniques. In the spirit of this work, nothing was purchased to create it. I only used scraps and offcuts from previous projects. The bright colours are a nod to the “rainbow trash” movement, where artists around the world are using plastic and metal garbage salvaged from beaches and oceans to create beautiful works of art.