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Ólafur Elíasson

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Danish-Icelandic artist (born 1967)

ArtistsBorn 1967 · age 59
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Olafur Eliasson is an Icelandic-Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience.

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Olafur speaking about his exhibition The New York City WaterfallsOlafur speaking about his exhibition The New York City WaterfallsThe weather project at Tate modernThe weather project at Tate modernYour Oceanic Feeling (2015) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 2022Your Oceanic Feeling (2015) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 2022Waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge in the background is the Manhattan Bridge.Waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge in the background is the Manhattan Bridge.Your rainbow panorama at ARoS Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark.Your rainbow panorama at ARoS Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark.

Awards 17

2025Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse
2017Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
2016LennonOno Grant for Peace
2016Crystal Award
2014Honorary craftsman
2014Wolf Prize in Arts
2014Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
2013Thorvaldsen Medal
2010Telenor Culture Award
2008Fritz Winter Prize
2007Joan Miró Prize
2005Prince Eugen Medal
2004Eckersberg Medal
Goslarer Kaiserring
Officer of Arts and Letters
Frederick Kiesler Prize
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Connected to Ólafur 6

Bjarne MelgaardAlso in Unreal City (2020)Frank GehryAlso won Frederick Kiesler PrizeHenry MooreAlso won Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MITKing DiamondAlso won Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelseJørn UtzonAlso won Eckersberg MedalLiv UllmannAlso won Telenor Culture Award

About this person

Category
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Type
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Status
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Dates
Born 1967 · age 59
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