Chris Willcox lives and works in New York. Raised in and around Washington DC, Willcox attended Washington University in St. Louis and the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, where he studied philosophy and fine art, focusing in philosophy of mind and painting.Willcox has shown his work at the Smithsonian Institution, the Gabarron Foundation, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and elsewhere. He has work in collections in the United States, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Austria. His works juxtapose planned and accidental painting strategies and exploit both traditional and novel materials like oil paint, polymer resin, and mirrored Plexiglass.Beyond his studio practice, Chris works in the laboratory of Nobel laureate and renowned neuroscientist Eric Kandel, investigating the link between visual art, mind, and brain.