Olafur Eliasson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Olafur Eliasson
Occupation	Light Art
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1967(1967-02-05)
Age	57
Birthplace	Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Birth City	Capital Region of Denmark
Horoscope	Aquarius

Olafur Eliasson Biography

Olafur Eliasson is one of the most popular and richest Light Art who was born on February 5, 1967 in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark. Olafur Eliasson was born in Copenhagen in the year 1967. He was the son of Elias Hjorleifsson and Ingibjorg Olafsdottir. His parents emigrated from Iceland to Copenhagen after emigrating from Iceland in 1966. He to employment as a cook and she worked as an seamstress. He was eight when his parents divorced. He resided with his mother as well as his stepfather who was a stockbroker. His father, who was an artist, returned to Iceland and their family would spend their vacations and summers. When he was 15 years old, he held his first solo exhibition, showing gouaches and landscapes in a tiny alternative gallery that was located in Denmark. But, Olafur considered his “break-dancing” in the mid-1980s as his first art work. Along with two of his schoolmates He formed a group, naming them”the Harlem Gun Crew, and they performed in dance halls and clubs for four years before eventually winning the Scandinavian championship.

Olafur earned his degree of the university in 1995 after having relocated from 1993 Cologne for a time, and later to Berlin and has maintained the studio. The studio was initially located in a railway depot that was located close towards the Hamburger Bahnhof, the studio relocated to a former brewery situated in Prenzlauer Berg in the year 2008.

Olafur is married to Danish art historian Marianne Krogh Jensen, whom he met when she curated the Danish Pavilion for the 1997 São Paulo Art Biennial. They adopted both their son (in 2003) and their daughter (in 2006) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The family lives in a house designed by architect Andreas Lauritz Clemmensen in Hellerup near Copenhagen; Olafur commutes to Berlin. Olafur speaks Icelandic, Danish, German, and English. He also has a younger half- sister named Victoria Eliasdottir who is a chef.

Early works by Olafur consist of oscillating electric fans hanging from the ceiling. Ventilator (1997) swings back and forth and around, rotating on its axis. Quadrible light ventilator mobile (2002–2007) is a rotating electrically powered mobile comprising a searchlight and four fans blowing air around the exhibition room and scanning it with the light cone.

Olafur has had his first solo exhibition with Nicolaus Schafhausen, in Cologne in 1993. Then, he moving to Berlin in 1994. The year 1996 was the year Olafur was the first to exhibit his work in a exhibition at his native United States at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. In 1997, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) hosted Olafur’s debut major show of his work in the United States Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, from September 2007 through February 2008. The curator was the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Madeleine Grynsztejn (then Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA) working closely with the artist, the massive exhibition spans the artist’s entire career between 1993 and 2007. The exhibition featured site-specific works and large-scale immersive spaces, freestanding sculpture, photography and special commissions , which were seen through a series of connected spaces and corridors. The bridge that the museum’s skylights are transformed into an art installation named One-way color tunnel. After the exhibit’s San Francisco debut, the exhibition was then taken on an international tour, including The Museum of Modern Art, and P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, New York in 2008 and the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, 2008-2009 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 2009 as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 2009-2010.

Olafur Eliasson Net Worth

Olafur Eliasson is one of the richest Light Art from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olafur Eliasson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Olafur Eliasson born in 1967) is an artist from Denmark and Iceland, known for his sculptures and large-scale art installations using elements like water, light and temperature of the air to enhance the experience of the viewer. In 1995, he created Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin which is a space-based laboratory for research. Olafur was a part of Denmark in the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 and then later in the year, he installed The Weather Project in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.

Olafur was a student at Olafur studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1989 and 1995. In 1990, after Olafur was given travel funds from the Royal Danish Academy, Olafur was sent back to New York where he started working as a studio assistant to the artist Christian Eckart in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and was reading books about phenomenology and Gestalt psychology.

In 1996, Olafur started working with Einar Thorsteinn, an architect and geometry expert 25 years his senior as well as a former friend of Buckminster Fuller. The first piece they created called 8900054, was a stainless-steel dome 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and 7 feet (2.1 m) high, designed to be seen as if it were growing from the ground. Though the effect is an illusion, the mind has a hard time believing that the structure is not part of a much grander one developing from deep below the surface. Thorsteinn’s knowledge of geometry and space has been integrated into Olafur’s artistic production, often seen in his geometric lamp works as well as his pavilions, tunnels and camera obscura projects.

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Olafur used humidifiers to create a fine mist in the air via a mixture of sugar and water, as well as a semicircular disc (reflected by the ceiling mirror to appear circular) made up of hundreds of monochromatic lamps which radiated yellow light. The ceiling of the hall was covered with a huge mirror, in which visitors could see themselves as tiny black shadows against a mass of orange light symbolizing the sun. Many visitors responded to this exhibition by lying on their backs and waving their hands and legs. Art critic Brian O’Doherty described this as viewers “intoxicated with their own narcissism as they ponder themselves elevated into the sky.” Open for six months, the work reportedly attracted two million visitors, many of whom were repeat visitors. O’Doherty was positive about the piece when talking to Frieze magazine in 2003, saying that it was “the first time I’ve seen the enormously dismal space—like a coffin for a giant—socialized in an effective way.”

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Olafur Ranked on the list of most popular Light Art. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Olafur Eliasson celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.

In 2005, Olafur and classical violin maker Hans Johannsson began work on the development of a new instrument, with the objective to reinterpret the traditions of 17th- and 18th-century violin making using today’s technology and a contemporary visual aesthetic.

Top Facts about Olafur Eliasson

1. Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist.
2. He was born in Copenhagen in 1967.
3. Eliasson’s work explores perception, light, and space.
4. His most famous work is “The Weather Project” at Tate Modern.
5. Eliasson has exhibited his work worldwide, including at MoMA and Guggenheim Bilbao.
6. He founded the studio Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 1995.
7. The artist has won numerous awards for his work, including the Prince Eugen Medal and the Joan Miró Prize.
8. Eliasson’s art often incorporates natural elements such as water and ice.
9. He is known for creating immersive installations that engage all senses.
10. The artist has been commissioned to create public artworks around the world, including New York City’s High Line park.

Why is Olafur Eliasson famous?

Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic contemporary artist born in 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eliasson works in many mediums, but he is widely known for his installation art. By playing with simple elements like light, water, and mirrors, the artist creates mesmerizing visual effects.

What kind of artist is Olafur Eliasson?

Installation art

What is Olafur Eliasson inspiration?

He’s inspired by Iceland to connect nature and art Olafur Eliasson was born in Denmark in 1967, but spent a lot of his childhood in Iceland, where his parents were from. Iceland’s wild landscapes had a powerful impact on the artist – its hot pools, lava fields, volcanoes, waterfalls, caves and moss banks.

Where does Olafur Eliasson create art?

Olafur Eliasson
Nationality| Danish–Icelandic
Known for| Installation art

What is today's art called?

The answer is simple: contemporary art is art made today by living artists. As such, it reflects the complex issues that shape our diverse, global, and rapidly changing world.