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Our definition of Social Art
Social Art is any artistic expression that aims to create social impact and change. This definition delineates the intention of the artist as crucial. Art engages in questioning and rethinking existing systems and paradigms. Artists are visionaries, utopists, agents for change, with the ability to affect society by creating emotionally captivating experiences. It is aesthetic revolution that preludes societal revolution.
The goal of this award that was launched in 2017 is to invigorate the rise of social art. We need more people to inspire zest for transformation. Even if this approach dissents from the widely claimed autonomy of art. The award explores and clusters the field, and seeks to raise attention for social art. Furthermore, the award aims at strengthening the recognition of social artists and the value of their work. Thus, promoting the importance of social art for society and its action-oriented participatory projects.
Social Art Award 2025
- Press Release, July 5, 2025, Blue Futures Symposium II
- Press Release, July 3, 2025 – Winner Announcements of Social Art Award 2025
- Press Release, June 13, 2025 – Erstes Blue School Symposium in Deutschland (Recap)
- Press Release, May 2025 – First German Blue School Symposium (eng)
- Pressemitteilung, Mai 2025 – Erstes deutsches Blue School Symposium (de)
- Jury Members 2025
You can find Planetary Healing: Blue Tribes for Ocean Health/SAA 2025
design assets here - Press Release, March 2025 – Open Call
- Logo of the Social Art Award 2025 – Planetary Healing: Blue Tribes for Ocean Health
- Logo of the organizer Institute for Art and Innovation
www.art-innovation.org
Press Images

The Gold Social Art Award 2025 was granted to Aquatopia, a participatory performance project led by Anoosh Sophie Werner and her interdisciplinary team Dr. Fabian Ritter, Felicitas Seyffert, Katrin Mendler, Daniel Falk.

The Silver Social Art Award 2025 went to Michael Vincent Manalo for World Amplifier, a multi-sensorial installation that offers a poetic listening space to the invisible voices of the ocean.

The Bronze Social Art Award 2025 was presented to Amber Desprets for Future of Water, a foresight card game that explores climate risk and ocean governance through scenario-building and speculative storytelling.

Solandium 2063 by Nejc Trampuz received a Social Art Award 2025 – Honorary Mention

The Marine Museum of Lost Potential by Julie Light received a Social Art Award 2025 – Honorary Mention

Eko Makala by Benjamin Baharanyi received a Social Art Award 2025 – Honorary Mention









Archive
Online Galleries of the Top 50 / Top 100 artists
Official Social Art Award Books (digital version)
- Social Art Award 2021 – New Greening
- Social Art Award 2019 – Peaceful Revolutions
- Social Art Award 2017 – First Edition
Press Releases
- Press Release Social Art Award – Extended Deadline & Jury, 14/03/2025
- Press Release Social Art Award – Open Call (German), 02/12/2024
- Press Release Social Art Award – Open Call (eng), 02/12/2024
- Press Release Social Art Award – Open Call (Spanish), 02/12/2024
- Press Release Social Art Award Winners 2021, 25/06/2021
- Press Release_Social Art Award – Open Call, 15/02/2021
- Press Release_Award Ceremony 2019, 30/07/2020
- Press Release_Social Art Award 2019 – Open Call, 09/11/2019
- Press Release_Social Art Award 2017 – Open Call, 17/03/2017
Press Documentation (Selection)
- Le premier Social Art Award décerné à un nancéien pour « Tournons le dos », Tic&+ Magazine, 10 Jan 2017
- Tournons le dos ! / Turn our back !, Actipedia, 23 Apr 2017
- Un prix pour avoir tourné le dos by Lysiane GANOUSSE, L’Est Républicain, 20 Aug 2017
- PINK SILENCE ist der Gewinner des Social Art Award 2019!, Soziale Skulptur, 6 Feb 2020
- Bogna Grazyna Jaroslawski has won the 2019 Social Art Award, Auroville, 5 Mar 2020
- Social Art Award Ceremony | PINK SILENCE Presentation by Bogna Grazyna Jaroslawski, Youtube, 3 Aug 2020
- Puede el Arte catalizar el Cambio by Pía Dalesson, Comunidad PAN, 1 Sep 2020
- Social Art Award to catalyze change towards a greener future, Interview with Nicole Loeser, Business Spirit Platform, 29 Mar 2021
- BOLD CHANGE ! The Future Living Sustainability Conference 2021, Berlin-Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie, 8 Apr 2021
- From Gardens to Galleries: IFAI’s Roots in Sustainability and the Importance of Empowering Artists by Rachael Davies, Zero Waste Berlin Festival, 19 Apr 2021
- Can Art Catalyze Change Towards A New Greening?, by AI for Good, 1 May 2021
- Social Art Award für Joy Lohmann by Stefanie Ristig-Bresser, Kultur des Wandels, 2 Jul 2021
- New greening: re pensarnos de un modo más “verde” by Pía Dalesson, Comunidad PAN, 20 Aug 2021
- Social Art Award 2021 by Szilvia Szabo, Profit with Purpose Magazine – Winter Edition, 1 November 2021
- Prizes and Awards, ArtRabbit, Germany, 6 Feb 2025
- Call for Nominations, Funds For NGOs, 14 Feb 2025
- The Social Art Award 2025, TrybeAfrica, 16 Feb 2025
- The Social Art Award invites…, Global South Opportunities, 14 Mar 2025
- Erstes Blue School Symposium in Deutschland, Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung Schleswig Holstein, 13 Jun 2025