biografia di Olafur ELIASSON (1967)
Personal data
Birth : 1967 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Denmark - Germany
Address
Berlin, GermanyRepresentatives
Bonakdar Jancou Gallery – 521 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Neugerriemschneider – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
Education
1989 – 1995 : Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi / The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – Philip de Langes Allé 10 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Professional data
Work and Life
Grew up in Iceland
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Lives and works in Kopenhagen, Denmark
Awards
1998
1998 : The Edstrand Foundation Art Prize – Malmo, Sweden
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Photography :
Audiovisual-Multimedia :
Subject
architectureoptic effects
interior/exterior
nature
science
technology
Works
Neonripple | |
Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Installation Materials : wood-water Process : construction-neon | |
Your natural denudation inverted | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Installation Materials : wood-caoutchouc-water Process : construction | |
Rain pavillon | |
Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Installation Materials : steel-water | |
The curious garden | |
Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Installation | |
The ice series | |
Date of creation : 1997 Medium : C print Size : 8 x 13 inch | |
No nights in summer, no days in winter | |
Date of creation : 1994 Medium : Installation | |
Beauty | |
Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/29/2006 – 05/27/2006
2005
Pleasure under pressure
Malmö Konsthall – Malmo, Sweden
09/10/2005 – 01/21/2006
2004
Your colour memory
Arcadia University Art Gallery – Glenside PA, United States
2004 – 01/09/2005
White light
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst – Oslo, Norway
01/24/2004 – 02/05/2004
Reykjavik Art Museum – Kjarvalsstadir – Reykjavík, Iceland
01/17/2004 – 03/14/2004
2003
Kunstbau der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus – Munich, Germany
2003 – 06/15/2003
The weather project
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
10/16/2003 – 03/21/2004
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/26/2003 – 06/14/2003
2002
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
03/23/2002 – 05/12/2002
2001
Niels Borch Jensen – Berlin, Germany
02/2001 – 04/2001
Projects 73: seeing yourself sensing
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
09/13/2001 – 05/21/2002
Surroundings surrounded
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/31/2001 – 08/26/2001
The mediated motion
KUB Kunsthaus Bregenz – Bregenz, Austria
03/31/2001 – 05/13/2001
Your only real thing is time
The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
01/24/2001 – 04/01/2001
2000
Your now is my surroundings
Bonakdar Jancou Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/2000 – 11/2000
Focus: Olafur Eliasson
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
05/10/2000 – 08/13/2000
Surroundings surrounded
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum – Graz, Austria
04/01/2000 – 05/21/2000
The only thing we have in common is that we are different
CCA Kitakyushu – Kita-Kyushu, Japan
02/21/2000 – 03/10/2000
The curious garden
Irish Museum of Modern Art – Dublin, Ireland
01/19/2000 – 04/30/2000
1999
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
1999
Your position surrounded and your surroundings positioned
DCA Dundee Contemporary Arts – Dundee, Scotland (United Kingdom)
09/1999 – 11/1999
1998
Tell me about a miraculous invention
Aarhus Kunstmuseum – Aarhus, Denmark
08/29/1998 – 10/18/1998
The inventive velocity versus your inverted veto
Bonakdar Jancou Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/30/1998 – 06/04/1998
Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
01/24/1998 – 03/14/1998
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : I8 Gallery – Klapparstígur 33 – Reykjavík, Iceland
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Niels Borch Jensen – Naunynstrasse 38 – Berlin, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Whatness – Frankfurt, Germany
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : I8 Gallery – Klapparstígur 33 – Reykjavík, Iceland
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Carolina Nitsch – 101 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Von Bartha – Schertlingasse 16 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Neugerriemschneider – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Von Bartha – Schertlingasse 16 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Arte Giani – Wiesenau 53 – Frankfurt, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Von Bartha – Schertlingasse 16 – Basel BS, Switzerland
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Neugerriemschneider – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Von Bartha – Schertlingasse 16 – Basel BS, Switzerland
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Bonakdar Jancou Gallery – 521 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galleri Andreas Brändström – Nybrogatan 25 – Stockholm, Sweden
1999
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Group exhibitions
2006
The Garden Party
Deitch Projects – New York NY, United States
03/09/2006 – 04/29/2006
2005
Expérience de la durée – 8ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
09/12/2005 – 12/31/2005
2004
Parallèles 64
Espace Gustave Fayet – Sérignan, France
10/02/2004 – 12/24/2004
2003
New Projects
NMAC Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo – Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
07/05/2003 – 2003
Sogni e Conflitti – La dittatura dello spettatore – 50° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/15/2003 – 11/02/2003
Manif d’Art 2
Québec QC, Canada
05/01/2003 – 05/31/2003
2002
Beyond Paradise: Nordic Artists Travel East
National Gallery – Bangkok, Thailand
02/2002
Bridge the Gap
CCA Centre for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu – Kita-Kyushu, Japan
2002
Dialoghi Europei d’Arte
Museo Civico di Castelnuovo – Naples NA, Italy
07/16/2002 – 09/07/2002
Moving Pictures
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
06/28/2002 – 01/12/2003
Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres, and Inflatable Structure
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art – Scottsdale AZ, United States
05/25/2002 – 09/15/2002
Beyond Paradise: Nordic Artists Travel East
National Art Gallery – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
05/22/2002 – 06/22/2002
Claude Monet … bis zum digitalen Impressionismus
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/28/2002 – 08/18/2002
Popcorn and politics -Activists of Art
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Helsinki, Finland
02/16/2002 – 2003
Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres, and Inflatable Structure
AXA Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/30/2002 – 04/13/2002
2001
Mega Wave : Towards a New Synthesis – Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art
Yokohama, Japan
09/02/2001 – 11/11/2001
Black Box – Der Schwarzraum in der Kunst
Kunstmuseum Bern – Bern BE, Switzerland
06/15/2001 – 09/09/2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
1999
German Open
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
11/13/1999 – 03/26/2000
Carnegie International 1999/2000, n°53
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
11/06/1999 – 03/26/2000
Job Koelewijn & Olafur Eliasson
De Appel – Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/18/1999 – 08/22/1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
Landscape: Outside the Frame
MIT List Visual Arts Center – Cambridge MA, United States
04/23/1999 – 06/27/1999
Photography : An Expanded View. Recent Acquisitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
02/22/1999 – 05/16/1999
1998
Seamless
De Appel – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
New Photography 14
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/15/1998 – 01/12/1999
Roteiros – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°24
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/03/1998 – 12/13/1998
Cool Places – 7th Triennal exhibition of Baltic art
Contemporary Art Center – Vilnius, Lithuania
10/02/1998 – 11/01/1998
Every Day – Biennale of Sydney n° 11
Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
09/18/1998 – 11/08/1998
Schon wieder Abseits : Something is rotten in the State of Denmark
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
07/12/1998 – 09/13/1998
Do all oceans have walls ?
KünstlerHaus – Bremen, Germany
05/17/1998 – 07/26/1998
1997
Heaven : Private View
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
10/26/1997 – 02/01/1998
Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997
On Life, Beauty, Translations and Other Difficulties – 5th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
10/05/1997 – 11/09/1997
1996
Manifesta 1
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
06/09/1996 – 08/19/1996
1995
Olafur Eliasson / Ann Lislegaard
Galleri Tommy Lund – Odense, Denmark
1995
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
1999
Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934
Exhibition catalogues
2002
Olafur Eliasson
Publisher: Edition Paris Musées – 37 rue des Francs Bourgeois – Paris, France
Publisher: Les Amis du Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
2002
ISBN : 2-87900-700-3
2000
German Open, Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland
Publisher: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Porschestrasse 53 – Wolfsburg, Germany
2000
ISBN : 3775709045
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
Periodicals
2004
HERBERT Martin – Previews
in: Contemporary n° 60 p. 62
London, United Kingdom
2004
2003
GRONLUND Melissa – Reviews
in: Contemporary n° 55 p. 73
London, United Kingdom
2003
ROSENBERG Angela – Beyond Nordic Romanticism
in: Flash Art n° 230 p. 110 vol. 36
Milan MI, Italy
05/2003-06/2003
ISBN : 03941493
2002
BOYER Charles-Arthur – Olafur Eliasson
in: Art Press n° 280 p. 80
Paris, France
06/2002
COLARD Jean-Max & BOUSTEAU Fabrice – Figures contemporaines / Contemporary figures
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 116
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
McBREEN Ellen – Olafur Eliasson
in: Art Monthly n° 257 p. 35
London, United Kingdom
06/2002
2001
ENGLER Martin – Olafur Eliasson im ZKM
in: Kunst-Bulletin p. 44
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
07/2001-08/2001