Peter T. Walz is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator whose work is grounded in critical theory and research-based practice. His academic and creative research explores the intersections of visual culture, digital systems, perception, and contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on critical theory, art history, and emerging technologies, Peter investigates how media and algorithmic structures shape human identity, artistic labor, and cultural expression. His concept of the cultural proscenium—a framework for understanding mediated experience—guides much of his recent writing and studio production. Peter’s interdisciplinary work spans photography, sculpture, installation, performance, and the written word, including both poetry and critical prose. He is the author of Community: Work (2021) and Directions (2024), and his current scholarship addresses resistance to recursive digital environments, sensorium-driven media literacy, and the ethics of digital curation. As an educator, Peter combines technical instruction with philosophical and theoretical engagement, supporting students in developing thoughtful, critically aware, and creatively resilient practices. He is currently Lecturer in the Department of Digital Narrative Arts in the School of Art at Texas Tech University and holds a BFA from Ithaca College and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Contact:
peter@ptwalz.com