Olafur Eliasson is one of the most influential artists working today, internationally recognised for transforming how we perceive and experience the world around us. Working across installation, sculpture, painting, photography and public space, his practice explores the relationship between perception, participation and shared responsibility, inviting audiences to become active participants in the environments they inhabit.

For more than three decades, Eliasson has created landmark works that challenge conventional ways of seeing. From The Weather Project (2003) at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall and The New York City Waterfalls (2008), to Ice Watch (2014–2018), which brought glacial ice from Greenland into public squares to confront the realities of climate change, his projects have demonstrated how art can reshape public consciousness through direct experience. Alongside his artistic practice, Eliasson founded the social enterprise Little Sun, expanding access to solar-powered light worldwide, and serves as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for climate action.

In 2024, Eliasson collaborated with CIRCA on Lifeworld, an ambitious public commission presented across digital screens in London, New York, Berlin and Seoul. Appearing nightly for three months, the work transformed some of the world’s most recognisable urban spectacles into immersive fields of colour and light, encouraging millions of viewers to pause and reflect on their relationship to the environments they collectively create. Extending beyond the screens through a series of hand-signed editions and a global partnership with WeTransfer and Times Square Arts, Lifeworld became one of CIRCA’s most expansive international commissions to date.

Born in Copenhagen in 1967 and based in Berlin, Eliasson’s work has been exhibited extensively across the world’s leading museums, biennials and public spaces. Through a practice that bridges art, architecture, science and environmental action, he continues to demonstrate how creativity can help us imagine new ways of living together in an increasingly interconnected world.