Olafur Eliasson

Berlin-based sculptor, photographer and installation artist Olafur Eliasson (b.1967) creates works that explore the relationships between human beings, nature and technology nThe artist recreates fragments of the natural environment, from icebergs at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris to a wind tunnel at the Louisiana Museum in Humlebaek, Denmark nEliasson uses non-material sensations such as temperature, smell, taste, air and magnetic waves for his sculptural elements nNominated in 2002 for the prestigious Hugo Boss prize, in 2003–4 Eliasson earned rave reviews for his representation of a giant sun and sky at Tate Modern in London