Peter Speliopoulos
Peter Speliopoulos is a native of Springfield, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Parsons School of Design in 1982. He began his collaboration with Karole Armitage designing costumes for the Athens Opera production of Aristophanes’ The Birds, performed at the Herodes Atticus Theater in the summer of 2000. Since then, he has created the costumes for numerous Armitage ballets and operas in the US and Europe. In a creative partnership that has spanned over 30 projects, including Armitage’s most seminal ballets, their work continues today. Speliopoulos served as Creative Director of Cerruti Arte, Paris (1997-2002) and Creative Director of Donna Karan New York (2002- 2015). Founding Peter Speliopoulos Projects in 2018, he works as a multi- disciplinary artist creating ceramics and unique home objects.