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Olafur Eliasson’s art is driven by his interests in perception, movement, embodied experience, and feelings of self.

Eliasson strives to make the concerns of art relevant to society at large. Art, for him, is a crucial means for turning thinking into doing in the world.

Olafur Eliasson is a visual artist who works in a wide range of media, including installation, painting, sculpture, photography and film.

Eliasson’s diverse works – in sculpture, painting, photography, film, and installations – have been exhibited widely throughout the world. Not limited to the confines of the museum and gallery, his practice engages the broader public sphere through architectural projects and interventions in civic space.

 

Eliasson was born in He grew up in Iceland and Denmark and studied, from to , at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

In , he moved to Berlin and founded Studio Olafur Eliasson, which today encompasses some ninety craftsmen, specialised technicians, architects, archivists, administrators, progra