Olafur Eliasson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1967. He is well renowned throughout the world for his large-scale sculptures and installations that make use of basic elements like light, air, and water while addressing pressing modern themes like sustainability, climate change, policy-making, and education. He frequently engages the audience through architectural endeavors and interventions in public space, working outside the boundaries of the gallery. He established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 1995. It is a center for spatial study that employs over 100 individuals, including artisans, architects, and technical experts.
Eliasson has participated in shows across the globe and has had solo exhibitions at places like the Pinacoteca do Estado de So Paulo (2011), the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2014), and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2018). His exhibition at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm received the most visitors by a living artist in 2015, according to the museum. In 2003, he participated in the 50th Venice Biennale as Denmark’s representative, and in 2017, the 57th Venice Biennale included his artistic workshop Green Light, which addressed the problems associated with mass migration and displacement. Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, a comprehensive show of the artist’s work, debuted at SFMOMA in 2007 and traveled to locations such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Eliasson lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin.