Pelham received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023.

His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at ICA Boston, Rhode Island School of Design, University of California at Berkeley, Gene Siskel Film Center, Souvenirs from Earth in Paris and Düsseldorf, the International Computer Arts Festival in Maribor, and the MDW Art Fair.

His work has been featured in the Chicago Reader, Sixty Inches from Center, Boston Art Review, Boston Hassle, and DigBoston.

In 2021 Pelham founded the curatorial project SPACORE with Serena JV Elston.

He is currently an Adjunct Faculty at Bridgewater State University and a Continuing Ed instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design.