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.
CREATIVE (T)ISSUE PROJECT — Object #01 "Painter...
slowpaintingstudio
As part of the CREATIVE (T)ISSUE project, we highlight waste segregation issues and pollution caused by the art industry. We collect discarded paint waste from local artists and students, repurposing it into art objects. "Painter is Dead. Long Live the Waste (?)" is a breathing installation made of dried acrylic residues from used paint tubes. Besides making art, we educate through workshops and exhibitions and conduct an ongoing research on artistic waste through survey online.
As part of the CREATIVE (T)ISSUE project, we highlight waste segregation issues and pollution caused by the art industry. We collect discarded paint waste from local artists and students, repurposing it into art objects. "Painter is Dead. Long Live the Waste (?)" is a breathing installation made of dried acrylic residues from used paint tubes. Besides making art, we educate through workshops and exhibitions and conduct an ongoing research on artistic waste through survey online.