Chris Hargreaves was born in 1981. In 2003 he graduated from UNITEC with a Bachelor of Design (Sculpture) (Hons). He lives and works in Auckland and regularly exhibits throughout New Zealand.

Notable projects include: Sculpture in the Gardens (2009-10) Auckland Botanical Gardens; Sculpture on the Gulf (2009) Waiheke Island; a 2008 commission for Brick Bay Sculpture Park, Matakana; Transpositional Migration (2005–06), Te Tuhi, Auckland; Sea/Soar (2004), Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin; Follow the White Rabbit (2003), ARTSPACE, Auckland.