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.
The sea is not only BLUE / Das Meer ist nicht nur BLAU
Sabine Thornau
A book about the sea and the hope that it will be preserved. The book block, watercoloured by hand, is graded in colour from light to dark. All colours that can be associated with the symbolism of water are represented. In between, there are pages without text that encourage reflection and pause for thought. Viewers can give free rein to their own thoughts - an invitation to take a walk by the sea. Everyone can fill the empty space with experiences and memories: Salty air, warmth, sand underfoot, an invitation to meditate... By recognizing and protecting the beauty and value of the oceans, we contribute to a healthier and more sustainable planet. I am fascinated by water in all its different forms. Artist's book by Sabine Thornau and Edy Willems 220 pages watercolored by hand 110 Associations about the the sea, printed in handset using an old lead typeface. Paper: “Old Burgundy” 175 g/m2 Stitched on parchment ribbons Title embossing in blue Lit covered with coloured parchment Box The two-part box offers protection and storage at the same time. The design plays with the theme of water and picks up on it once again. Leather edging made from oasis goatskin. Hand-watercolored papers as a cover on the outside and inside. Size: 35.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm Year of manufacture: 2024
A book about the sea and the hope that it will be preserved. The book block, watercoloured by hand, is graded in colour from light to dark. All colours that can be associated with the symbolism of water are represented. In between, there are pages without text that encourage reflection and pause for thought. Viewers can give free rein to their own thoughts - an invitation to take a walk by the sea. Everyone can fill the empty space with experiences and memories: Salty air, warmth, sand underfoot, an invitation to meditate... By recognizing and protecting the beauty and value of the oceans, we contribute to a healthier and more sustainable planet. I am fascinated by water in all its different forms. Artist's book by Sabine Thornau and Edy Willems 220 pages watercolored by hand 110 Associations about the the sea, printed in handset using an old lead typeface. Paper: “Old Burgundy” 175 g/m2 Stitched on parchment ribbons Title embossing in blue Lit covered with coloured parchment Box The two-part box offers protection and storage at the same time. The design plays with the theme of water and picks up on it once again. Leather edging made from oasis goatskin. Hand-watercolored papers as a cover on the outside and inside. Size: 35.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm Year of manufacture: 2024