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.
Current, 2025
Elizabeth West
Single channel video (with sound) [4:10] Australian pink lake salt (wild-harvested by Mount Zero in collaboration with traditional owners, Barengi Gadjin Land Council) Pumice stones. Current reflects on the ocean as a mirror of the human psyche, evoking the unseen forces shaping both inner and planetary well-being. A labyrinth of salt and stone weaves through the installation, inviting deep reflection on our interconnectedness. A Māori prayer echoes across space and time, honouring the depth of the ocean.
Single channel video (with sound) [4:10] Australian pink lake salt (wild-harvested by Mount Zero in collaboration with traditional owners, Barengi Gadjin Land Council) Pumice stones. Current reflects on the ocean as a mirror of the human psyche, evoking the unseen forces shaping both inner and planetary well-being. A labyrinth of salt and stone weaves through the installation, inviting deep reflection on our interconnectedness. A Māori prayer echoes across space and time, honouring the depth of the ocean.