Ólafur ELIASSON
(1967~)
Danish artist who works primarily with physical phenomena in nature (light, water, movement, reflections) | 1967 born in Kopenhagen | 1989-95 studies at the “Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts”, Copenhagen | 1994 moves to Berlin | 2009-14 founds the “Institute for Spatial Experiments” at “University of the Arts” (UdK), Berlin | 2004-05 creates projects in Munich | 2006 multi-part light installation in Frankfurt a. M. | 2008 installs four large artificial waterfalls around the south-western tip of Manhattan | 2011 designs façade of “Harpa concert hall”in Reykjavík | 2012 member of the “Akademie der Künste” | 2017 joins jury of the 67th “Berlin International Film Festival” | 2023 honoured by Praemium Imperiale for sculpture of the Imperial House of Japan
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