Biography
1967 | Born in Copenhagen, Denmark | |
1991 | First installation, 31 Days of News at Café in Copenhagen, Denmark | |
1993 | Installation Beauty was presented as part of a group exhibition in Copenhagen. | |
1995 | Moved to Berlin and found Studio Olafur Eliasson | |
1998-2001 | Public art, Green River activated in Germany, Norway, Island, USA, Sweden, Japan | |
2001-03 | Solo exhibition, Seeing yourself sensing at The Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
2003 | Represented Denmark at the 50th Venice Biennale The weather project at Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London |
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2005 | Special project, Your black horizon with David Adjaye in the 51st Venice Biennale of Art | |
2005-06 | First solo exhibition in Japan, Your light shadow at Hara Museum, Tokyo | |
2006 | The Crown Prince Couple's Culture Award, Denmark | |
2007 | Designed the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007 with architect Kjetil Thorsen | |
2008 | Public art, The New York City Waterfalls | |
2009 | First permanent artwork in Japan, Sunspace for Shibukawa, 2009 at Hara Museum ARC | |
2009-10 | Your chance encounter at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan | |
2009-14 | Leads an experimental program as a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts | |
2011 | Permanent architectural installation Your rainbow panorama, opens atop ARoS Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. | |
2012 | Olafur Eliasson: Little Sun at Tate Modern, London | |
2013 | Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, for jointly created the façade with Henning Larsen, receives the Mies van der Rohe Award | |
2014 | Wolf Prize, Israel | |
2016 | Waterfall at Palace of Versailles, France | |
2017 | Yokohama Triennale | |
2018 | First building designed by Eliasson with Studio Olafur Eliasson, Fjordenhus is completed in Vejle, Denmark | |
2019 | Solo exhibition, In real life at Tate Modern, London Appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for renewable energy and climate action |
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2020 | Global digital app and interactive website, Earth Speakr as part of the German presidency of the council of the EU Solo exhibition, Olafur Eliasson: Sometimes the river is the bridge at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo |
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2022 | Site-specific installation Shadows travelling on the sea of the day, Doha, Qatar |