Roger Allan Cleaves (b. Memphis, Tennessee) received his Bachelors of Fine Art at the University of Memphis. During his tenure at the University of Memphis he was one of fifteen undergraduate students selected from across the country to participate in the Yale Norfolk Summer program for the arts. Cleaves went on to study at the University of Wisconsin- Madison where he received his MFA. He is represented by Sheet Cake Gallery (Memphis) and Bertrand Productions (Philadelphia). Cleaves lives and works in Memphis, Tennessee.