Pratt Institute

Biography

Peter Chamedes is a person with ’60s values and an abiding love of literature and art. Following a doctorate in English Literature (poetry), family obligations redirected him into an extended career in advertising. This was at last succeeded by a return to scholarship and pedagogy. His students have ranged from at-risk adolescents to aspiring artists (including many remarkable Pratt scholars). His consuming interests include his two babies, poetry, contemporary art, and African art.