Chip Barchilon was born in 1988 in New York, NY. In 2010, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History at Barnard College in New York, NY. In 2017, Barchilon was the recipient of the Clay Nesbitt and Dean Gross Scholarship for Emerging Artists in Healdsburg, CA. Barchilon has been included in various important exhibitions including a solo show, Taking Stock, at Erin Hutton Projects OpBox in Portland, ME and The Constructed Self at New System Exhibitions in Portland, ME, curated by Elyse Grams. This year, she will receive her MFA from the Maine College of Art in Portland, ME. Upcoming shows include her thesis exhibition and a curatorial project with Neighbors Gallery, a project space co-founded with sculptor Brian Smith. Barchilon currently lives and works in Portland, Maine.