Chris Boyd was born in Warrington and was an Interactive Arts student at Manchester Metropolitan from 2003-2006. In 2004 Chris received a Microwave award from FACT, the UK's leading organisation for the development and exhibition of film, video and new media. He won the Big Art Challenge, where he was labelled a genius by art critic Brian Sewell. The 6 part series on Channel 5 was aiming to seek out the next Damien Hirst or JMW Turner with a prize of £10,000. In 2005 Chris received a Priestley prize and provided a video in 40 Artists 40 Days, a special Tate Britain project supporting London's Olympic bid towards bringing the Games to Britain in 2012. He curated the Chaosmos and Noise Festival Exhibition for the Liverpool Biennial 2006 which was broadcast on BBC2. He also contributed to panel discussions including "What is Art?" on Roger Philip's BBC Radio Mersyside show and Culturepool.