Olafur Eliasson (Copenhagen, 1967) is a Danish artist known for his large-scale sculptures and installations, made with materials such as light and water, and for his games with elements such as air temperature to surprise the viewer. In 1995, he founded the Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for space research (analysis of perspectives, dimensions, volumes, etc.). In 2003, Olafur represented Denmark in the 50th edition of the Venice Biennale; that same year he installed The Weather Project in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London.

Olafur has participated in different projects carried out in public spaces, including his Green River intervention, carried out in several cities between 1998 and 2001. With the Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen, he designed the 2007 pavilion of the Serpentine Gallery, a London gallery that every year entrusts an internationally renowned architecture studio with the creation of a temporary pavilion as a framework for other cultural activities. In 2008, he mounted The New York Waterfalls, a work commissioned by the Public Art Fund.