Chris Arnold was born in Columbia, Missouri. He earned a BFA in studio art from the University of Missouri–Columbia and an MFA in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design. An award-winning artist, Arnold is represented worldwide and has been featured in more than a dozen one-man exhibitions and 50 group shows both nationally and abroad. He has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and Illinois Institute of Art–Chicago and is currently an Assistant Professor at Columbia College. He also has done extensive commercial work. He lives in Chicago with his fiancée.