Originally from Reno, Nevada, Pete Froslie currently practices in Oklahoma, where his work integrates emerging technologies with visual art methodologies in a convergent practice. After serving as the Director of the OU School of Visual Arts at the University of Oklahoma for five years, he is now an Associate Dean for the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts. He also holds the title of Professor of Art, Technology, and Culture. Froslie earned his MFA (2008) from the Studio for Interrelated Media at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) and his BFA (2005) from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Froslie’s practice is deeply informed by his exploration of the relationships between global political and economic systems and the pressing challenges of climate and environmental change. His recent work includes three expeditions to the Arctic Circle in the Svalbard archipelago in 2017, 2019, and 2024. These journeys allowed him to explore rarely seen territories, including abandoned Soviet mines and the Global Seed Vault while establishing a practice that converges fieldwork and scientific research. During these expeditions, Froslie captured a wide array of digital assets, such as underwater recordings of melting ice in Svalbard fjords, electromagnetic wave recordings, and video documentation of the environmental impacts of human activity in the region.

These Arctic expeditions are integral to Froslie’s ongoing Leviathan project. Initiated in 2016 with an ART365 grant from the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, the project began with the innovative use of chemical processes to extract rare earth metals from electronic waste, posing the question, “How best can we see capital?” In Leviathan, Froslie continues to explore how capital can be visualized and understood by integrating climate science, moral and political philosophy, philosophical aesthetics, and demonology. To delve into these complex themes, his work utilizes experimental electro-mechanics, game engine-based simulations, signal processing, data science, and audio engineering.