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.
burning fee
Jovita Majewski
The burning tree is a beech, the most common tree in Germany. I wanted to show the impact of wildfires, caused by drought. Most of us live in cities, where we feel safe and don´t see the consequences of climate change right in front of us. That´s exactly why I wanted to show the horror of just one burning tree in plain sight, in the middle of an urban space, where you wouldn´t expect it. Just because you don´t see it, doesn´t mean, it isn´t happening. Just because you don´t see it now, doesn´t mean, you will not see it in the close future.
The burning tree is a beech, the most common tree in Germany. I wanted to show the impact of wildfires, caused by drought. Most of us live in cities, where we feel safe and don´t see the consequences of climate change right in front of us. That´s exactly why I wanted to show the horror of just one burning tree in plain sight, in the middle of an urban space, where you wouldn´t expect it. Just because you don´t see it, doesn´t mean, it isn´t happening. Just because you don´t see it now, doesn´t mean, you will not see it in the close future.