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Artist
Olafur Eliasson
b. 1967, Copenhagen, Denmark · Danish-Icelandic · Based in Berlin, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
- Light Installation
- Optical Mirrors
- Glacial Ice
- Public Architecture
Olafur Eliasson creates installations around light, weather, water, reflection and perception. His studio practice combines art, architecture and design, often making natural phenomena visible inside cultural institutions.
Installation; sculpture; architecture
Gallery Representation
DOCUMENTATION
EXHIBITION IMAGES via Contemporary Art Library ↗Objects
Artist Films
Olafur Eliasson in "Berlin" - Season 9 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
Art2113 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Olafur Eliasson: Become Your Own Navigator | Art21 "Extended Play"
Virtual Studio Visits: Klaus Biesenbach in Conversation with Olafur Eliasson
The Museum of Contemporary Art82 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2003The Weather Project
- 2011Your Rainbow Panorama
- 2008New York City Waterfalls
- 2014Riverbed
- 2014 onwardIce Watch
- 1993Beauty
- 2010Your Blind Passenger
- 1998–2001Green River
- 2018The Unspeakable Openness of Things
- 2021Life
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo