Ari Fulton is a New York–based costume designer for stage and film, known for her richly detailed and expressive design work. She has built a diverse career designing costumes both regionally and internationally.

Fulton earned her BFA in Costume Design from The Theatre School at DePaul University and went on to receive her MFA in Design for Stage and Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2018, she earned her first feature film credit for Nigerian Prince, shot on location in Lagos, Nigeria, and executive produced by Spike Lee. The film was the inaugural recipient of the Tribeca and AT&T New Voices Award.

Her recent theatre credits include Disney’s Frozen, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rent!, and Off-Broadway directed by Robert O’Hara. Her film work includes Cupids, directed by Zoey Martinson—part of Tribeca’s 846: Reclaiming Time for Stories of Black Love and Joy film series —and Ricky, winner of the Sundance Best Directing Award (2025).

Fulton is the proud recipient of the Black Theatre Coalition’s Costume Design Fellowship (2023) and the Lilly Creative Spirit Award (2017) for excellence in costume design. In 2021, she received the Broadway World Miami Award for Design of the Decade for her work on A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical.

A dedicated educator, Fulton has taught at the University of Connecticut, where she served as Interim Head of Costume Design (2020–2021). She currently serves on the faculty at Brooklyn College and the Fashion Institute of Technology.