Chris was born in Claresholm, Alberta, and currently lives and works in Delson, Québec. He completed a Fine Arts Diploma in 1998 at Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton, Alberta and his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Alberta College of Art and Design (now the Alberta University of the Arts) in Calgary in 2000. Chris Millar has exhibited across Canada and the United States. Solo exhibitions of note include Lost a cartful, Found a wagonload, TrépanierBaer Gallery (2014); The Untimely Transmogrification of the Problem, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton (2012); and Boiyd Howses and Other Hatstands, ThreeWalls Gallery, Chicago (2007). His work was included in the recent group exhibition Fait main / Hand Made, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City (2018); as well as Made in Calgary: The 2000s, Glenbow Museum; Calgary (2014); and in Oh, Canada at MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts (2012/13). His work figures in many private and public institutions across Canada, including: the National Gallery of Canada, Glenbow Museum, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Royal Bank of Canada, and the Claridge Collection, to name a few.

Chris is represented by Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary.