Sissel Tolaas

Sissel Tolaas is an artist and smell researcher whose nearly 30-year practice and study of the impact of smells draws upon her background in chemistry, mathematics, linguistics and art. Working at the forefront of her field, her projects have been shown at the Venice Biennale, the Gwanju Biennale, MoMa New York, the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, the Dia Art Foundation New York, and the Tate Modern London, among others. In 2004, she established the Smell RE-SearchLab Berlin with support from IFF Inc. She has worked with universities, research institutes, and companies all over the world.