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.
Volgoneft212
Karina Kherman Vlad Atman
Textile, mixed media 2025 This artwork is dedicated to the environmental disaster in the Black Sea caused by an oil spill from the tanker Volgoneft-212. The pollution led to the death of many sea birds and animals, and dealing with the consequences became both an environmental and social challenge. The piece represents the dual role of humans in ecological disasters. The artwork depicts a bird suffering from toxic substances. This tragedy happened because of human irresponsibility, but it also became an example of solidarity. Despite resistance from the authorities, volunteers from different regions organized cleanup efforts along the coast. However, even their efforts faced difficulties. Governance tried to hide the true scale of the disaster, prevented volunteers from helping, and blocked information from spreading. This is not just an environmental tragedy—it is also a symbol of the fight for truth, responsibility for nature, and the future of our planet.
Textile, mixed media 2025 This artwork is dedicated to the environmental disaster in the Black Sea caused by an oil spill from the tanker Volgoneft-212. The pollution led to the death of many sea birds and animals, and dealing with the consequences became both an environmental and social challenge. The piece represents the dual role of humans in ecological disasters. The artwork depicts a bird suffering from toxic substances. This tragedy happened because of human irresponsibility, but it also became an example of solidarity. Despite resistance from the authorities, volunteers from different regions organized cleanup efforts along the coast. However, even their efforts faced difficulties. Governance tried to hide the true scale of the disaster, prevented volunteers from helping, and blocked information from spreading. This is not just an environmental tragedy—it is also a symbol of the fight for truth, responsibility for nature, and the future of our planet.