Cham Hendon (1936-2014) earned his BS at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He then turned to art and received a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago, an MA from the University of New Mexico, and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His works have been featured extensively in solo exhibitions at the Phyllis Kind Galleries in Chicago and New York City and the Monty Stabler Galleries in Alabama, as well as in group exhibitions across the United States. His work is featured in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Birmingham Museum of Art.