Lily Kip is an oil painter based in Missoula, Montana. Raised primarily in Massachusetts, she received a Bachelor's Degree from Bates College in 2019 and a Master's of Fine Arts at the University of Montana in 2025.
Kip's paintings have been published in the Artsy.net exhibition “Under 30 Under Pressure,” in ArtyPants Magazine, and I Like Your Work Catalog. She has exhibited work at A Gallery (Seattle, WA), the Palace Gallery (Ellensburg, WA), and in 2025, she was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for her representational oil paintings in 2025. Professionally, she manages the community figure drawing group "Life Drawing Missoula" and the galleries at the ZACC. Personally, she manages a large collection of unfinished sewing projects and a tabby cat with thumbs.