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
Your black horizon Art Pavilion, 2005
Die organische und kristalline Beschreibung, 1996
Eye see you, 2006
Fivefold tunnel, 2000
Green light, 2016
New Berlin sphere, 2009
Reversed waterfall, 1998
Seu planeta compartilhado, 2011
The glacier melt series 1999/2019, 2019
The horizon series, 2002
The ice melting series, 2002
Wishes versus wonders, 2015
Your uncertain shadow (colour), 2010
Your uncertain shadow (colour), 2010
Your welcome reflected, 2003
May 13–November 26, 2017 | La Biennale di Venezia
Sternberg Press, 2017
February 24 – May 6, 2017 | Moody Center for the Arts, Houston
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
March – June 2016 | TBA21–Augarten, Vienna
April 7, 2016 | TBA21–Augarten, Vienna
Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia
July 25–September 5, 2004| Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
November 25, 2004–April 30, 2005 | TBA21, Vienna
April 4–September 9, 2006 | TBA21, Vienna
Sternberg Press, 2015
March 12–July 29, 2016 | TBA21–Augarten, Vienna
October 6, 2010-February 21, 2011 | LABoral, Gijón / Spain
November 20, 2015 | Oberes Belvedere, Vienna
April 4–July 5, 2009 | Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Green light | An artistic workshop
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
November 21, 2015—March 6, 2016 | Winter Palace, Vienna
Sternberg Press, 2020