Originally from San Diego, Deth studied for two years at San Francisco State University, transferring to the California College of Arts and Crafts, now the California College of the Arts, where he received his BFA in painting and drawing in 2002. He has exhibited his work throughout the U.S. (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, Detroit, Portland, New York) and abroad and has contributed artwork to (among other things): Chronicle Books, Giant Robot, Tiny Showcase, Urban Outfitters, Fantagraphics, 826, Poketo, Park Life, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The LA Weekly, and Nylon Magazine.