Christian Montarou is a painter and an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning at The Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway. As a painter, Montarou has created numerous public artworks and is represented in several of the main art institutions in Norway. As a lecturer, he is responsible for a teaching program in drawing that is core to the Landscape Architecture degree program. His practice as both painter and lecturer is informed by Asian philosophy and studies in neuroscience.