Conference Center in Reykjavik, Iceland. In 2014, Olafur was the recipient of the $100,000 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The prize is considered an investment in the recipient's future creative work, rather than a prize for a particular project or lifetime of achievement. The awardee becomes an artist in residence at MIT, studying and teaching for a period of time. On the occasion of a state visit to Germany in June 2013, the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, visited Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin. Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz's documentary piece, Domingo, shot from his encounter with Olafur during the 17th Videobrasil Festival, had its world premiere at Rio International Film Festival] in 2014, and was released on DVD in 2015. Personal life In 2003, Olafur married the Danish art historian Marianne Krogh Jensen, whom he met when she curated the Danish Pavilion for the 1997 São Paulo Art Biennial. They adopted both their son (in 2003) and their daughter (in 2006) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The family had lived in a house designed by architect Andreas Lauritz Clemmensen in Hellerup near Copenhagen, but Olafur and Jensen are no longer married. Olafur currently lives and works in Berlin. Olafur speaks Icelandic, Danish, German, and English. He also has a younger half-sister named Victoria Eliasdottir who is a chef. On 22 September 2019, Eliasson was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Development Programme "to advocate for urgent action on climate change and sustainable development goals." In the context of his appointment, Eliasson emphasized the need to stay positive: "I also think it's important not to lose sight of what is actually going quite well. There is reason for hope. I believe in hope as such and I'm generally a positive person. And when you think about it: it has never been better to be a young African girl, for instance." See also List of exhibitions by Olafur Eliasson References Further reading Weibel, Peter: Olafur Eliasson: Surroundings Surrounded. Essays on Space and Science'' (2001), Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, ISBN 3-928201-26-3 External links Video of Olafur Eliasson conference: The Sun has no money MoMA 2008: Olafur Eliasson: take your time (requires Flash Player) 1998 article from frieze Tate Modern: The Weather Project SFMOMA 2007: Olafur Eliasson Survey 'Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson' at SFMOMA (requires Flash Player) Olafur Eliasson: Your Mobile Expectations Olafur