The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2022 Science Without Borders® Challenge, our annual student art competition. This year we asked students to create a piece of art that illustrates one or more actions that governments, non-profits, park managers, and indigenous communities can take to preserve coral reefs using a ridge to reef approach to conservation. We are thrilled with the entries that we received!
We received 510 qualifying pieces of artwork from 49 different countries, so picking the finalists was a difficult decision. Ultimately, finalists were chosen based on how well the artwork exemplified this year’s theme, the quality of the artwork, and the creativity and originality of their artwork.
We hope you will be as impressed with the submissions we received as we were. Without further ado, here are the finalists for Ages 11-14 of the 2022 Science Without Borders® Challenge:
"World in the Fishing Net" by Yuhan Cheng, Age 13, China
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: Nowadays, because of overfishing, pollution, and lots of other reason. Coral reef in lots of areas are in great danger. In the drawing, I draw myself wrapping the fish net, trying to project the little coral world inside it. The fish net representing the overfishing, and that human is the main cause of the death of coral reef. There are lots of gorgeous coral growing in the small world, I draw this because I want people to always remember the beauty of coral and the nature. In the middle, there is a girl, laying on the ground, legs bend together. Looks like she is sick and don’t have any energy. This represent that human and coral are community of common future, and we rely on nature. Coral is a part of nature, and the nature is protecting us. The girl represent that human is also in great danger.
