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
Herbarium
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in London, GB
Olafur Eliasson Herbarium, 2021 Dried and pressed Nympheas Ellisiana water lilies (Latour-Marliac) on Lanaquarelle hand-made3250 paper 300gm, framed varnished with day and fluorescent paint...
Mixed Media
$28,000
"Your Reversed Berlin" 2016 Color-print on Fuji crystal archive II paper
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967) is a critically acclaimed Icelandic-Danish artist recognized for his work across multiple mediums including installations, sculpture, painting, photography, and film. A long-time advocate of climate activism, Eliasson's work situates the viewer in immersive atmospheric environments, offering tangible experiences that epitomize the most ominous threat of our lifetime. Engulfed in multisensory experiences, Eliasson invites the audience to contemplate our interdependence with the earth while highlighting the significance of personal accountability in combating climate issues. "Your Reversed Berlin" features the Berlin cityscape shot from the artist's studio at an elevated vantage point. The same image is duplicated and inverted to fit into a circular reproduction, which is overlayed in the center of the work to complete the original image. Color filled-glass covers the surface of the second photo, its hue alternating based on varied lighting. The glass doubles as a mirror, confronting the viewer with their own reflection when standing directly in front of the work. "Your Reversed Berlin" was commissioned by the Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum in consortium with Benefit Print Project to mark the 50th anniversary of the Israel Museum. In 2022, the work was included in Hot Mess...
Glass, Color
$7,521
Olafur Eliasson, Herbarium - Collage of Dried Water Lilies, Contemporary Art
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in Hamburg, DE
Olafur Eliasson (Danish-Icelandic, b. 1967) Herbarium, 2021 Medium: Collage of dried and pressed Nympheas Ellisana water lilies (Latour-Marliac) on Lanaquarelle handmade paper, in fl...
Found Objects, Handmade Paper
$6,518Sale Price|22% Off
Contact is content at Seljalandsfoss, Contemporary, 21st Century, C Print
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in Zug, CH
Contact is content at Seljalandsfoss, Contemporary, 21st Century, C Print C-Print Edition of 100 Each 53 x 42 cm (20 x 16.5 in.) Signed and numbered on adhesive label In mint conditi...
C Print
Untitled # 10
By Anna Minnick
Located in Kansas City, MO
Materials : Multimedia Date : 2016 Dimensions : 8″ x 6″ Anna Minnick's work explores the struggles of identity and mental illness. She hopes her work forms a dialog about these issu...
String, Glass, Wood, Photographic Paper
Blue Morpho Butterfly
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
Gold Leaf
Fortress America
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: vintage wood fort with hand-painted graffiti, a vintage handmade wood carving of Uncle Sam & Trump, confederate flag scrap blindfold, metal chains, 4 vintage fl...
Mixed Media
$1,572Sale Price|40% Off
H 8.9 in W 7.37 in
Italian School, Nicolo Grassi, 18th, Worship of Venus, The Venus Sacrifice, Amor
Located in Greven, DE
Italian School, 18th Century, Circle of Grassi, This old master drawing is drawn in the late-Baroque or Rococo style. It depicts a woman worshipping Venus/ preparing a sacrifice for ...
Handmade Paper
$3,266
H 70.87 in W 70.87 in D 1.38 in
'Ordinary Places' Installation - English vintage interior color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps 'Ordinary Places' Series, captures Britain on the brink of change. It was Richard's first colour series and it achieved much success with an exhibition at the Photograp...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
19th Century Italian Wall Paper Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Italian Floral Wallpaper Fragment 19th Century Italian hand painted floral design wallpaper lined with linen, in gold leaf wood frame (as is).
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Linen
$460Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 24.5 in D 2 in
"Baby's Tears", Hand Augmented 1970s Botanical Screenprint, 96/270
By Babette Eddleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical 1970's hand painted botanical silkscreen of baby's tears plant by Babette Joslyn Bauman Eddleston (American, 1922-1990). This limited edition screen print has splashes of color painted in by hand. The edition number 96/270 is written lower left. It is titled "Baby's Tears" and signed "Babette Eddleston...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$680
H 25.6 in W 37.41 in D 0.04 in
Buick in the Dust III, Hemsby, Norfolk - Car, color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
This photograph features an American Car on a British Beach (Hemsby, Norfolk) driven by a German. Richard spent years honing his skills as a drag racing photographer, a sport he love...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$4,875
H 23.5 in W 26.875 in
"Telephone in Landscape, " Charcoal on Handmade Paper by Miguel Castro Leñero
By Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Telephone in Landscape" is an original charcoal drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower rig...
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
White Tulips, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Tulips Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 40 ...
Screen
Reina, Photorealist Lithograph by John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Kacere, American (1920 - 1999) Title: Reina Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, 40 AP Image Size: 15 x 25.5 inches Size: 22 in. x ...
Lithograph
Birds on Wire
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be made in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –stars...
Gold Leaf
Humming Bird Flying
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
Gold Leaf
Shiny Shell
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Gold Leaf
$1,450
H 35 in W 26 in
Quiet Sunday (Blue), Hand-painted Impressionist Lithograph by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique hand-painted lithograph of a colorful Bouquet of Flowers by Wayne Ensrud, American (1934). Quiet Sunday (Blue) Wayne Ensrud, American (1934) Date: 1980 Hand-Painted Lithogra...
Acrylic, Lithograph
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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
Mirror Stage for Merce
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in London, GB
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company 50th Anniversary Portfolio is a collection of signed and numbered prints donated to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company by eight of the world's most...
Photogravure
No. 19 (The cartographic series I)
By Olafur Eliasson
Located in Hamburg, DE
Olafur Eliasson (Copenhagen 1967 – lives in Berlin) Sheet No. 19 from the Cartographic Series I Photogravure print on Hahnemuhle paper Edition of 16 Signed and numbered “I have been...
Photogravure