Through his photography, drawings, paintings, films, sculptures and large-scale immersive installations that integrate natural elements such as light, water and air, artist Olafur Eliasson is focused on sustainability and climate change, and seeks to explore how human beings interact with their environment.
Born in 1967, Eliasson grew up in Denmark and Iceland and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1989 to 1995. Following graduation, he moved to Berlin, where he founded his design studio — Studio Olafur Eliasson.
Since 1997, Eliasson’s works have appeared in numerous museums worldwide, with his public-space installations garnering critical acclaim throughout the 2000s. In 2003, he represented Denmark at the 50th Venice Biennale. That same year, he introduced his installation, The Weather Project, at the Tate Modern in London, for which he worked with a semi-circular screen, a ceiling of mirrors and artificial mist to create the illusion of a sun.
In 2008, he was commissioned by New York’s Public Art Fund to create a public space project called Waterfalls, which was installed in several locations along New York City’s waterfronts. Then, in 2011, Eliasson created Your Rainbow Panorama, a circular, richly colored glass walkway on top of the ARoS Museum in Aarhus, Denmark.
For Eliasson’s famous work Ice Watch, he and geologist Minik Rosing brought icebergs from Greenland to public squares in Copenhagen (2014), Paris (2015) and London (2018) in order to raise awareness of climate change.
Eliasson’s dedication to environmentalism extends past his art. In 2012, he founded the company Little Sun with engineer Frederik Ottesen, which produces and distributes solar lamps and chargers for use in off-grid communities.
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Olafur Eliasson, The Walk Series, The Alftavatn Close-Up Series, Landscape, 1999
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated on label affixed to reverse 12 silver gelatin prints and 4 C-type prints 9 x 14 inches each From an edition of 6
Silver Gelatin, C Print
$500
H 14.25 in W 11.25 in D 0.75 in
Hand Tinted Vintage Photograph - "A Few Days Before Sally Moved in With Leonard"
Located in Soquel, CA
"A Few Days Before Sally Moved in With Leonard" - Hand Tinted Vintage Photograph Sensitive hand-tinted photograph by Santa Cruz-based artist Sa...
Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Silver Gelatin
$542
H 28.94 in W 28.94 in D 0.04 in
B Side Vinyl Collection, Stereo - Conceptual Pop Art Color Photogrpahy
By Heidler & Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,757
H 37.41 in W 45.28 in D 1.97 in
Barton Broad, Norfolk - Waterscape Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Barton Broad' photographed by Richard Heeps in one of his favourite areas of Britain on the east coast in Norfolk. This peaceful almost monochrome landscape/waterscape creates a fee...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$542
H 28.94 in W 28.94 in D 0.04 in
B Side Vinyl Collection, Made in France - Conceptual Pop Art Color Photogrpahy
By Heidler & Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$542
H 28.94 in W 28.94 in D 0.04 in
B Side Vinyl Collection, Double B Side (Blue) - Pop Art Color Photogrpahy
By Heidler & Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$542
H 28.94 in W 28.94 in D 0.04 in
B Side Vinyl Collection, A (Mint) - Conceptual Pop Art Color Photogrpahy
By Heidler & Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$542
H 28.94 in W 28.94 in D 0.04 in
B Side Vinyl Collection, Light Blue Recording - Pop Art Color Photogrpahy
By Heidler & Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$542
H 25.6 in W 25.6 in D 0.04 in
Palace Cinema Theatre (Square), Ho Chi Minh City - Interior, Color, Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Taken in Ho Chi Minh City this luxurious mid-century private movie theatre has a stunning colour palette. The symmetry, style and interior design give it that 'accidentally Wes Ande...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$542
H 28.94 in W 28.94 in D 0.04 in
B Side Vinyl Collection, Idea (Orange) - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photogrpahy
By Heidler & Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
The End: Montauk, N.Y. Portfolio
By Michael Dweck
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio of (9) Gelatin Silver Prints and (1) Chromogenic Print in custom cloth-bound clamshell box Edition of 50 Each 11x14 inches / 28x36 cm Each editioned, stamped, and initialed...
C Print, Silver Gelatin
Lobelia IV - Botanical Color Photography Prints
By Martin Parker
Located in Cambridge, GB
Martin’s innovative photographs are created from plants grown by himself in his garden and greenhouse in Cambridge. A keen horticulturist, he cultivates his own plants and flowers, t...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Primula IV - Botanical Color Photography Prints
By Martin Parker
Located in Cambridge, GB
Martin’s innovative photographs are created from plants grown by himself in his garden and greenhouse in Cambridge. A keen horticulturist, he cultivates his own plants and flowers, t...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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H 6 in W 6 in
The Danish artist, Olafur Eliasson’s installation of a huge artificial sun
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in New York, NY
The Danish artist, Olafur Eliasson’s installation of a huge artificial sun in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, Great Britian, 2003 2003/printed later Estate stamp in black ink...
Archival Pigment
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H 20.87 in W 16.54 in
Contact is Content at Seljalandsfoss, 2 C-Prints, Diptych, Color Photography
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in Hamburg, DE
Olafur Eliasson (Danish-Icelandic, b. 1967) Contact is Content at Seljalandsfoss, 2014 Medium: 2 C-Prints (incl. artist book and case) Dimensions: each 20 9/10 × 16 1/2 in (53 × 42 c...
C Print