When was the last time a work of art stopped you and made you feel both fragile and strong all at once?

This October, Gallerium invites you into such a space of reflection and resilience with Cancer: Never Give Up – 2025, the 5th annual international juried exhibition dedicated to raising awareness, spreading hope, and honoring the human journey through cancer. The exhibition officially opens on October 4, 2025, and will remain open for two months until December 4, 2025.

Every October, the world turns its eyes to cancer awareness, symbolized so often by the pink ribbon. Yet cancer is not one story, but millions—woven through patients, survivors, families, caregivers, friends, and even the animals we love. This exhibition brings those stories to light, not through medical charts or statistics, but through the profound language of art.

Cancer: Never Give Up – 2025 gathers artistic voices and visions from around the globe, who have transformed experiences of loss, courage, survival, and memory into moving visual testimonies. The artworks reveal intimate truths: the fear of diagnosis, the quiet moments of care, the fierce resilience of the human spirit, the comfort of loved ones, the tender remembrance of those lost, and the enduring force of hope that refuses to fade.

As you journey through this exhibition, you will encounter art that does more than adorn walls; it speaks to the heart. It is a chorus of images that whispers, shouts, and sings: we never give up.

This exhibition offers powerful and thought-provoking works that invite every visitor—whether a seasoned collector, a curator, or simply someone moved by art—to witness how creativity becomes a force for healing, advocacy, and our shared humanity.

We warmly invite you to explore Cancer: Never Give Up – 2025 and to take part in its living dialogue. Spend time with the artworks, let them move you, and if a piece touches your heart, rate it, comment, and share your thoughts. Your voice will encourage the artists and ripple outward as a gesture of solidarity with all those touched by cancer.

Cancer: Never Give Up – 2025 is a collective embrace, a testament to resilience, and a promise that the light of hope will never fade.

View full list of participant artists here:

Therese Basha Jarjoura, Anna Lasik, Lynn Meredith, Lois Trader Art, Nancy Blacker, Darling Salazar, Alane Enyart, Leshan Li, Joanna Szuba, Lynn Marrapodi, Robert Falcone, Tachena Winterhalter, Oluseyi Soyege, Ann Broni Petersen, Gail Bach, Jesus Marin, Ki Nichole, Mercedes Terrell, Carol Marshall, Peggy Stokes, Erin Bolden, Séraphine, Ellen Rosenberg, Armando Zirakzadeh, Gabriel Sanchez-Viveros, Camryn Hawks, Robynne West, Ira Stein, Jen Newman, Margaret Ahvenainen, Carol Bacsksi, Sheela Becton, Suzanne Cross, Debra Dobkin, Myra Eastman, Lorna Farmer, Elizabeth Fenci, Camille Gearhart, Sarb Glaze, Carolinas Art, Julie Harris, Kristi Kloss, Marietta Leung, Junko, Nathani Luneburg, Loretta McNair, Ashley Mock, Carly Mul, Axel Nelson, Michelle Norcross, Vince Quevedo, Kristi Quint, Sonia Rapaport, Debra Roberson, Paul Schuerch, Bob Abayomi Scott, Lena Shvets, Alexandra Splittgerber, Jini Tanenhaus, Constance Thalken, Robert Trask, Susan West, Babs Wheelden, Krista Wolf