Born in Chicago, Illinois, Clayton Alexander discovered the art of lighting design while attending Idyllwild Arts Academy, a small college preparatory school with a focus on professional training for the arts. Proceeding forward with his goals, he attended the California Institute of the Arts, refining and developing his skills as both a lighting designer and an artist. While attending CalArts, he obtained an internship position in lighting and sound at Universal Studios Hollywood. Moving his way up the ranks, Clayton soon became the lighting designer for Entertainment Department's show and attractions, including The Blues Brothers' Revue, multiple Christmas stage shows, Holiday Wonderland and several other mazes and attractions.

He then took a position as Director of Technical Operations with special events company based in Los Angeles, where he designed lighting for multiple large scale industrial parties, meetings, and high definition video shoots. Realizing the need for a cutting edge commercial lighting design company, Clayton started his own lighting design services corporation, Radiance Lighworks, Inc., serving the entertainment and architectural industries. Since the conception of Radiance lightworks in December of 1999, Clayton has designed the lighting for hundreds of commercial events, attractions, and press events, as well as many permanent installations, including the exteriors lighting of Times Square's Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. This 11-story museum boast a completely digitally, controlled lighting system, composed of over 45 electronically automated luminaires.

Radiance Lightworks has set record-breaking growth in its seven years of existence. The client based for the permanent attractions and architectural lighting design department now includes such companies as DreamWorks, Madame Tussaud's, Universal Pictures, and Fleet Bank. Radiance has also accumulated a strong client base for its production lighting design department, working with such companies as Microsoft, Toyota, Universal Studios, Saturn, The Rouse Company, Adventure Studios, Mattel, Pacific Bell, and many more.

Clayton Alexander is watching his dream become reality as Radiance Lightworks, Inc. moves rapidly forward, competing with the top lighting design firms in America today. In a field that is so highly specialized, Alexander is always searching for ways to educate himself and better the industry by bringing new, innovative ideas to all of his projects. Clayton is highly motivated and extremely enthusiastic about every project he executes.