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 (Islandserie #42), 1998

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled (Islandserie #42), 1998

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Untitled, 2002

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Untitled, 2002

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Untitled, 1994

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Untitled, 1994

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Icelandserie, 2004

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Icelandserie, 2004

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Untitled (from Island series), 1999

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Untitled (from Island series), 1999

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Gletscher serien - The glacier series (set..., 1999

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Gletscher serien - The glacier series (set..., 1999

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Iceland series, Mountain 1, 1997

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Iceland series, Mountain 1, 1997

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Untitled - Iceland series, 2000

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Untitled - Iceland series, 2000

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Untitled - Iceland series #95, 1999

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Untitled - Iceland series #95, 1999

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Untitled (+ another; 2 works placed back to..., 2002

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Untitled (+ another; 2 works placed back to..., 2002

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Untitled #5 (Iceland Series), 2002

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Untitled #5 (Iceland Series), 2002

Sale Date: November 17, 2006

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Untitled #3 (Iceland Series), 2001

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Untitled #3 (Iceland Series), 2001

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Untitled #62 (Iceland Series), 1999

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Untitled #62 (Iceland Series), 1999

Sale Date: November 17, 2006

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The igloo series (9 works), 1999

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The igloo series (9 works), 1999

Sale Date: November 17, 2006

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The Cave series, Looking in (group of 49), 1998

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The Cave series, Looking in (group of 49), 1998

Sale Date: November 16, 2006

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Untitled (Hot water) (in 9 parts), 1999

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Untitled (Hot water) (in 9 parts), 1999

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Untitled (2 works), 2002

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Untitled (2 works), 2002

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Untitled (Clouds), 1994

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Untitled (Clouds), 1994

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Untitled (various sizes, 3 works), 1996

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled (various sizes, 3 works), 1996

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Untitled (+ Untitled, b&w photograph;..., 2002

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Untitled (+ Untitled, b&w photograph;..., 2002

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Provetryk (Proof), 1996

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Provetryk (Proof), 1996

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Untitled (Landscape), 1994

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Untitled (Landscape), 1994

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Untitled (Landscape), 1994

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Untitled (Landscape), 1994

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Komposition

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Komposition

Sale Date: October 11, 2006

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