biografia di Olafur ELIASSON (1967)

Personal data


Birth : 1967 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Denmark - Germany

Address

Berlin, Germany

Representatives

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

architecture
optic 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

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