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:
"Euphoria" by Celine Yang, Age 14, Republic of Korea
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: Through the land and sea, every aspect of our ecosystem is interconnected. Unfortunately, as time passes, humans created problems such as climate change and ocean acidification have risen, affecting many coral reefs and marine lives underwater. In order to portray the passing of time, an ancient building was added. In old times, when humans hadn’t had destroyed the environment, the reefs were alive and animals such as dolphins and turtles were abundant. This contrast in color between the reefs and the ancient building illustrates the differences between the colorful reefs and the humans who are causing problems to marine life. The ridges on the top of the drawing represent the land, showing how human-made disturbances are overshadowing our marine life today. Time in the past was full of marine life with an amplitude of reefs and animals, but human-made problems are overshadowing this euphoria.
