He earned his M.F.A. from Yale University School of Art and his B.F.A. from the University of Illinois-Chicago. His work has been exhibited internationally at P.S.1, NY; the Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Slovak Republic; Honor Fraser Gallery, CA; Thomas Erben Gallery, NY; Good Children Gallery, LA; Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY; White Columns, NY; Max Protetch, NY. Cloud has been reviewed in the New York Times, Art in America, Art Review and featured in the publication Painting Abstraction. Awards include the inaugural Chiaro Award from the Headlands Center for the Arts, NYFA Fellowship and a Marie Sharpe Walentas Studio residency. His work is in collections at the The Bronx Museum, Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cloud has lectured on his work at Rutgers University, Yale University, Cooper Union, Bard College, Kansas City Art Institute and the University of New Orleans.