Olafur Eliasson

(Danish, born 1967)

Olafur Eliasson is a Conceptual Danish-Icelandic artist concerned with sensorial experience and perception. Through installations, public projects, films, photography, and paintings, Eliasson activates the senses of his viewers in immersive artworks, as seen in his The Weather Project (2003) installation at the Turbine Hall of the Tate London. His practice has been compared to Robert Irwin and James Turrell for his interest in the reflexive qualities of the audience and his attention to light. “I want to expose and evaluate the fact that the seeing and sensing process is a system that should not be taken for granted as natural—it's a cultivated means of reality production that, as a system, can be negotiated and changed,” the artist stated. Born on February 5, 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Icelandic parents, Eliasson grew up in the city and went on to study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1989–1995. After graduating, he established his multi-disciplinary studio and laboratory in Berlin. In 2016, Eliasson was invited to create a network of installations at the Palace of Versailles in France. He currently lives and works between Copenhagen, Denmark and Berlin, Germany. The artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Kunstmuseum Basel, among others.

Olafur Eliasson Artworks

Olafur Eliasson (891 results)
Untitled (fro Iceland series) (3 works), 2005

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled (fro Iceland series) (3 works), 2005

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Untitled (from Island series panorama) (4..., 1998

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled (from Island series panorama) (4..., 1998

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Islandsserien (from Iceland), 2000

Olafur Eliasson

Islandsserien (from Iceland), 2000

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Islandsserien (from Iceland), 2002

Olafur Eliasson

Islandsserien (from Iceland), 2002

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Composition, 1993

Olafur Eliasson

Composition, 1993

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The domandalur daylight series (South) (42..., 2006

Olafur Eliasson

The domandalur daylight series (South) (42..., 2006

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3d fivefold symmetry, 2002

Olafur Eliasson

3d fivefold symmetry, 2002

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The waterfall series (in 50 parts), 1996

Olafur Eliasson

The waterfall series (in 50 parts), 1996

Sale Date: February 15, 2011

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Ccbf benefit auction / thinking tool, 2009

Olafur Eliasson

Ccbf benefit auction / thinking tool, 2009

Sale Date: November 30, 2010

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Jökulsgilskvisl (in 2 parts), 2003

Olafur Eliasson

Jökulsgilskvisl (in 2 parts), 2003

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Composition, 1996

Olafur Eliasson

Composition, 1996

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The blue lagoon, 1996

Olafur Eliasson

The blue lagoon, 1996

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Untitled (2 works in doublesided frame), 2002

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled (2 works in doublesided frame), 2002

Sale Date: December 2, 2010

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Quadruple spiral projection, 2004

Olafur Eliasson

Quadruple spiral projection, 2004

Sale Date: November 17, 2010

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Untitled no. 15 (from the Iceland series), 2001

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled no. 15 (from the Iceland series), 2001

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Your blue afterimage exposed, 2000

Olafur Eliasson

Your blue afterimage exposed, 2000

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Eye see you, 2006

Olafur Eliasson

Eye see you, 2006

Sale Date: October 16, 2010

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Mondri and Elano hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA...

Julien de Smedt and Olafur Eliasson

Mondri and Elano hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA...

Sale Date: October 15, 2010

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Ohne Titel (Polyeder)  (+ preliminary sketch), 1998

Olafur Eliasson

Ohne Titel (Polyeder) (+ preliminary sketch), 1998

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Frakkastigur, 1996

Olafur Eliasson

Frakkastigur, 1996

Sale Date: October 5, 2010

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Iceland Series no.5, 2000

Olafur Eliasson

Iceland Series no.5, 2000

Sale Date: October 7, 2010

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Untitled (Iceland series), 2002

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled (Iceland series), 2002

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Yet untitled, 2000

Olafur Eliasson

Yet untitled, 2000

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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The waterfall series (50 works), 1996

Olafur Eliasson

The waterfall series (50 works), 1996

Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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