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Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967, Copenhagen) lives and works between Berlin and Copenhagen. Working across installation, sculpture, photography, drawing, and architectural projects, Eliasson explores how we perceive and relate to the world around us—especially through natural phenomena like light, water, air, and temperature. His immersive, often participatory works foreground embodied experience as a tool for transformation, perception, and collective reflection.

Through both his large-scale public interventions and delicate studio works, Eliasson investigates the interdependencies between humans and their environments, prompting urgent questions around ecology, sustainability, and social responsibility. His practice frequently brings together art, science, and activism, as seen in projects such as Ice Watch and his social enterprise Little Sun.

Eliasson has collaborated with TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary on initiatives that align with his long-standing commitment to climate justice, public engagement, and transdisciplinary dialogue.

 

More about the artist and his artistic practice: https://olafureliasson.net

Related works in the collection
Olafur Eliasson and David Adjaye
Your black horizon Art Pavilion, 2005
Olafur Eliasson
Die organische und kristalline Beschreibung, 1996
Olafur Eliasson
Eye see you, 2006
Olafur Eliasson
Fivefold tunnel, 2000
Olafur Eliasson
Green light, 2016
Olafur Eliasson
New Berlin sphere, 2009
Olafur Eliasson
Reversed waterfall, 1998
Olafur Eliasson
Seu planeta compartilhado, 2011
Olafur Eliasson
The glacier melt series 1999/2019, 2019
Olafur Eliasson
The horizon series, 2002
Olafur Eliasson
The ice melting series, 2002
Olafur Eliasson
Wishes versus wonders, 2015
Olafur Eliasson
Your uncertain shadow (colour), 2010
Olafur Elisson
Your uncertain shadow (colour), 2010
Olafur Elisson
Your welcome reflected, 2003
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Remedios Directions to the old ways
Remedios Where new land might grow
Abundant Futures Works from the TBA21 Collection
Abundant Futures in Troubled Times Works from the TBA21 Collection
Olafur Eliasson in conversation with David Gruber
Olafur Eliasson – Green light | An artistic workshop
May 13–November 26, 2017 | La Biennale di Venezia
Olafur Eliasson: Green light | An artistic workshop
Sternberg Press, 2017
Olafur Eliasson – Green light | An artistic workshop
February 24 – May 6, 2017 | Moody Center for the Arts, Houston
Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary – The Collection Book
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
Green light – Shared Learning Full Program
March – June 2016 | TBA21–Augarten, Vienna
15 Acts of Participation
April 7, 2016 | TBA21–Augarten, Vienna
Brightness | July 4–September 28, 2003
Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia
ein-leuchten
July 25–September 5, 2004| Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Modus Operandi
November 25, 2004–April 30, 2005 | TBA21, Vienna
Nature Attitudes
April 4–September 9, 2006 | TBA21, Vienna
Olafur Eliasson – BAROQUE BAROQUE
Sternberg Press, 2015
Olafur Eliasson – Green light | An artistic workshop
March 12–July 29, 2016 | TBA21–Augarten, Vienna
Passages. Travels in Hyperspace
October 6, 2010-February 21, 2011 | LABoral, Gijón / Spain
Roundtable: Creating Worlds
November 20, 2015 | Oberes Belvedere, Vienna
The Kaleidoscopic Eye
April 4–July 5, 2009 | Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph | March 6–October 26, 2008 | Kunsthaus Graz
Video: Creating Worlds
Video: Olafur Eliasson
Green light | An artistic workshop
Olafur Eliasson and David Adjaye – Your black horizon Art Pavilion Book
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
Olafur Eliasson – BAROQUE BAROQUE
November 21, 2015—March 6, 2016 | Winter Palace, Vienna
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary: The Commissions Book
Sternberg Press, 2020
Treasure of Lima: A Buried Exhibition, 2014