Peter Voulkos (popular name of Panagiotis Voulkos; 1924–2002), was an American artist of Greek descent. He is known for his Abstract Expressionist ceramic sculptures, which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art. While his early work was fired in electric and gas kilns, later in his career he primarily fired in the anagama kiln of Peter Callas in New Jersey, USA, which helped to introduce and legitimize Japanese wood fired aesthetics to the United States.