Christian Wolther, born in Oslo, 1964, is a Norwegian artist and writer, playwright, director and pedagogue, and earlier in his career also theatre critic and art writer. Since 2005 he has been living in France and Thailand besides Norway. In January 2011, Christian Wolther had a major solo exhibition "UNTITLED OCEAN" in The National Gallery of Thailand. Work As an artist he works mainly in an abstract, philosophical or phenomenological tradition and discipline, in painting, but also in photo and video. He uses text to a large extent, usually as the only medium of communication, on both canvases and in installations. Text and especially philosophical text can perhaps be seen as his main medium. Wolther works within many different disciplines. In 2008 and 2009 he held the position of artist in residence and guest lecturer at Khon Kaen University, Thailand. In 2009 he had a solo exhibition "REFLECTIONS" at The Museum of Art and Culture, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. The review and interview in Bangkok Post ("Reflections on Modern Art: Norwegian artist discourses art/Buddhism dichotomy in new exhibition», on 19 February 2009) focused on a central element of the exhibition with a discussion of Wolther's perspective on certain aspects regarding the relationship between art production and practices and concepts of Buddhism. As a playwright and director he has operated in areas of scenic minimalism with a clear presence of existential and cognitive philosophy, such as in the plays "Threshold" (Det Norske Teatret, Actor: Tom Tellefsen, Oslo 1994) and "Day Number Eight" (Black Box Teater, Actors: Kim Haugen and Kjetil Skøien, Oslo 1992). The review for "Threshold" in Morgenbladet in June 1994 was titled "More abstract than Beckett", and the review for "Day Number Eight" in Dagbladet in April 1992 was titled "Tableau in Black Box". In other plays, such as "Of This You Will Never Know" (performed at Volapuk Stiftelse, Oslo 1993) and "Aria Variata" (performance with the Norwegian dancer Monica Emilie Herstad, Oslo 1997) philosophical and existential investigations and introspection are set in a more direct Comical or humorous framework. Satire and cultural criticism has otherwise been obvious elements, such as in his contribution as a co-author among others, to the satire performance "In the ghetto" (Det Åpne Teater, Oslo 1996). Wolther has also published poetry and prose in two literary anthologies published by the Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug (Stemmer I Et Hus vol. I (1993) and vol. II