Peap “Peap (pronounced Pee-Ap) is one passionate cat. When he’s not painting masterpieces he can most likely be found helping out hip-hop acts, clothing labels and other creative endeavours from his Auckland home. Heck, just check the number of New Zealand-centric blogs the man has posted on our website in the past couple months! In fact, he’s about as far from the art-snob cliché as you can get. But, we’re not featuring Peap because of his personality, point blank-Peap’s version of street art is truly unique. Working almost exclusively in black and white, Peap’s tribalistic patterns take as much influence from his New Zealand home as they do from his Cambodian heritage. Did I mention what a nice guy he is? We can’t wait for you to meet him…” ACCLAIM magazine issue 17 2009 http://www.acclaimmag.com/ ” Peap, or Samapeap Tarr originally born and based artist from Auckland New Zealand now living and creating in Phnom Penh Cambodia is a person whose cultural background has influenced him to create his signature sinister yet tranquil works of art which has caught the attention of art lovers around the world and also gained respect from many of his art peers including legendary LA Graffiti Cholo style artist Chaz Bojorquez. Known primarily for his use of bold black ink and paints on a blank white medium including canvas and walls, his art exists in a world where lightness and darkness battle, yet coexist in the same breath to balance each other and contrast against each other. It represents the ups and downs of life, the yin and the yang, the ongoing war that ends up being waged on canvas or whatever medium his work lies on. Peap over the years has received international attention via the media press including Magazines such as Hi Fructose issue 7, Computer Arts China, Faesthetic magazine issue 9 and 11, Clouded Thoughts (Australia), Acclaim Magazine, North and South (NZ current affairs magazine) and various other local magazines in New Zealand. Peap has also appeared in Qantas Media award winning New Zealand art show “The Gravy” which features him in Series 3, Episode 2. Another recent documentary that Peap has been involved with and one of great significance to his birth place of New Zealand is the project called Canvassing The Treaty which is bringing together of six artists from diverse backgrounds, pairing them up, educating them about the Treaty of Waitangi, and watching dawning realizations for some as they produce equally diverse works of art. Having exhibited in Los Angeles USA, Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney Australia Peap has now set his sights on the whole Asian region particularly the South East Asian region to really take his art and crew to new heights on grand creative level and to make new and exciting projects happen “ I am always looking forward to making new and exciting projects happen on the creative level every day and to follow through with my goals and ambitions. Peap is part of Angry Woebots crew Army of Snipers which has a list of crew members around the world who travel like an army of snipers only their weapon is paintbrushes and spray paint and their mission is to bring their unique graffiti and art to the world. CANVASSING THE TREATY I was one of the three pairs of artists of various cultural backgrounds, artistic styles, political perspectives and temperaments. Each pair combines one artist of Maori descent and one artist who is not of Maori descent. These Tangata Whenua/Tangata Tiriti pairs attend a day long treaty education workshop and one month later, are challenged to create a collaborative artwork in response to the Treaty of Waitangi over the course of a weekend wananga at Te Tii marae in Waitangi. http://youtu.be/BDbmNb6h0eE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbmNb6h0eE 2010, Nov-Dec: The Little Lotus Project (Children on the Edge) - a collaborative project linking four artists with refugee and migrant children on the Thailand-Myanmar border; http://littlelotusproject.org/ongoing In Recent times Peap has moved to Cambodia to discover more of his Khmer roots and work with both Khmer and other South East Asian Graff/Street Artist in the region to create a more distinctive South East Asian Style. Along the way he has worked on a few commercial works that include custom painting Italian Piaggio Liberty Motorbikes in Vietnam and also Producing walls with female Khmer Street Artist Lisa Mam and They from Malaysia for Cell Card XG Campaign. Peap is also part of Army Of Snipers a International art collective created by Peaps close friend Angry Woebots from Hawaii, Peap & Lisa Links Painting Le Biz Hotel http://www.lebizhotel.com/hotel/gallery.html http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/ http://hypebeast.com/2012/03/pen-paper-peap-tarr/ http://lisamam727.tumblr.com/ Army Of Snipers http://flavors.me/snipersinternational Me and Lisa Painting http://youtu.be/t08UqqWx4_c http://sweet-station.com/blog/2011/06/peap-tarr-lisa-mam/ http://vimeo.com/25850872 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcQn4fHmF9E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAdrsmoM5wo http://jetlaglounge.blogspot.com/2011/08/august1-cambodia-phnom-penh.html At Ted TAlks http://youtu.be/CXBaeJdQBik Stop Motion Painting in Thailand http://youtu.be/5QZLQPcJkKg Painting Bikes in Vietnam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fGslnv_gsg http://vimeo.com/39258715 http://www.piaggio.com.vn/artofthemotorbike/ http://www.piaggio.com.vn/ Painting in New Zealand http://youtu.be/0OqN8TPMvdg Hawaii Trip http://www.complex.com/art-design/2012/02/pow-wow-hawaii-in-pictures-murals-in-progress#13 http://www.booooooom.com/2012/02/16/pow-wow-day-2/ http://hypebeast.com/blog/frankliew/2012/02/pow-wow-down-under-in-paradise/ http://nakamabrand.com/content/2012/02/meggs-x-will-barras-x-peap-x-mr-jago-x-woes/ Christies Auction http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Successful-International-Auction-Raises-Hopes-for-Cambodias-Artists-142606006.html Check my previous works here http://www.flickr.com/photos/peap/ Dope Blog http://sweet-station.com/ CONTACT ME samapeap@gmail.comTumblr (3.0; @peaptarrone)http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/baf5b57c67c61ed8f15cf27ff081947e/tumblr_mnbiwnJIAG1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coming up this June 1st Unspoken Dialogue which is the first sticker show in Bangkok Thailand … dope poster Design by the homie CHIP7 who also put this show together!</p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/51243540728http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/51243540728Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45:59 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e91e2aa5fc981586cb6b19f6091a84d/tumblr_mn60v8ovEn1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Peap Tarr x Lisa Mam …. SLUR …. coming soon! Phnom Penh Cambodia 2013</p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/51011395437http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/51011395437Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/23548487e6b0a644abce9ac81281d21e/tumblr_mmy8ifIzIn1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">Me and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisa-Mam/165834593489127" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000617380218&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D">Lisa Mam</a> officially a tourist attraction in Cambodia … Nah.. We just painting our version of Urban street art on the streets of Phnom Penh Cambodia all the way to the cool spots in Cambodia … making it grow in Phnom Penh / South East Asia / Pacific / World wide!!</span></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/50656050174http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/50656050174Fri, 17 May 2013 11:32:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f9e80052ff84dd49f6d6b84b682a2db5/tumblr_mmrnglwiS61qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">Thank you SETH for taking this photo! Great photo of the infamous wall Me,<a href="http://lisamam727.tumblr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lisa Mam</span> </a>and They painted in Phnom Penh Cambodia  … much love! but </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Check out <a href="http://www.globepainter.com/">SETH</a> ”French Graff & Street Artist” photo album of his trip to Cambodia where he worked with Both Me and Lisa as well as many talented Khmer artist around Cambodia , it was also made into a TV Show over in France … <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.512865125439558.1073741825.178770988848975&type=1">check it!</a></span></p> </div>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/50390044970http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/50390044970Mon, 13 May 2013 22:12:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b282f462574a5934ec82d4ae7b2e0bd5/tumblr_mmczx0AlIo1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My Concept drawing based on Hanuman from Indian , Cambodian and Thai Legends.</p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49751307578http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49751307578Mon, 06 May 2013 00:17:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/592ef702df58fdc79437806a01d3317c/tumblr_mmcztlAcd81qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">I don’t really watch much TV , but usually chill at night by working a couple of hours at night with posca paint pens , listening to conspiracy theories on YouTube</span></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49751172572http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49751172572Mon, 06 May 2013 00:15:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/161a4abd264d2a0eea76a0bce48e53c8/tumblr_mm9cm15RcY1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My Process work with Posca Pens </p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49570784581http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49570784581Sat, 04 May 2013 01:01:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/729d45baf91b1fd9c9dcd11aa29e1998/tumblr_mm67wgoFVs1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Straight outta the Vaults from 2009 Peap & Askew “Culture of Violence”</p> <p><a href="http://www.askew1.com/">Askew</a></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49433182689http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/49433182689Thu, 02 May 2013 08:26:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ae7311b1db15133831fc184738ffa9d8/tumblr_mluj37MOTr1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>creepin on a come up with the homies </p> <p>LISA MAM x PEAP x LEO CHUVES x CHIP7 x P7 x RUKKIT </p> <p>South East Asia on the Rise </p> <p>Photo by Go Play Magazine <a href="http://www.goplaymagazine.com/">Check Em</a></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48911156566http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48911156566Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:57:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/686aa38e1dc3538c966240f9c1c9c8ba/tumblr_mlszmdEl8H1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lisa Mam and Her Gals … for latest updates on Lisa go join her Facebook Fan <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisa-Mam/165834593489127">Page </a></p> <p>also here to <a href="http://lisamam727.tumblr.com/">LISA</a></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48842929982http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48842929982Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:59:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc76f4c9228bad58a544e8698f48da8c/tumblr_mlpxtzPY9E1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Check out the latest issue of Lonely Planet Traveller magazine “Thailand”edition issue 20 April2013 for the feature on Phnom Penh , me and Lisa have been included as part of The Artistic Smile in Cambodia. The article is written by Saranyu Nokkaew and photography by Arunothai Puttaruksa … Thanks for the love :) “making it happen in Phnom Penh City “</p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48703164728http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48703164728Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:27:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2f51112bf92d9244b65e7b45e1e99b9/tumblr_mlp4l5hhaD1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>PEAP TARR X LISA MAM acrylic painting on wood for 2013 </p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48679747517http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48679747517Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:55:53 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b04ec8321d5266a5cab65da48ff6a866/tumblr_mloz8mWHbq1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is the live painting that Me , Lisa Mam , Chip7 & Rukkit all painted together for The Read For Life event in BKK Thailand , we were not competing but just for show , we had 3 hours to knock it out , so I’m really happy with the result and had a great time painting with everyone and sometimes that’s what its about , just getting together to paint and have some fun …Good times !! Thanks Leo Chuves !! Photo by <a href="http://rukkit.wordpress.com/">RUKKIT</a>  More photos from the event check <a href="http://www.bkkgraff.com/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99-read-for-life-graffiti/">here </a></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48674796406http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48674796406Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0400<p>Thanks bro :) just doing my thing, happy you are inspired </p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48128763168http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/48128763168Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:59:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/80124b17cf19b476a8327c5aad02cbb0/tumblr_ml5hagosCQ1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA 2013 me and Lisa with the team from Cambodia Tourism Magazine in front of one of our walls which was painted 2011 but still going strong in the PP City , I never knew we would become a tourist attraction haha Much love to the Cambodia Tourism Magazine team.</p> <p>Photo by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jerrycambodia">Jerry Thai </a></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47787518115http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47787518115Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:18:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9123ea6bc39b0b0c3cd7c5b69d8e8ac5/tumblr_ml36s0xlm01qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My Chrome Naga’s hanging on the walls of the new owner in Bkk City Thailand.</p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47692660982http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47692660982Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:36:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1ddac1df25e864968b83d78a69eaf9ae/tumblr_ml2wu8SkGI1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Me & Lisa pimping Art Lovers Balconies in Bangkok Thailand 2013</p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47687006647http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47687006647Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:01:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1f5ec457cea7388b14a23bc1c54ecd5e/tumblr_mkq0xelo9j1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lisa Mam representing Khmer Styles!! 2013 and beyond!</p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47094850033http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/47094850033Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:00:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf0013e341ac542d880a750247e8febf/tumblr_mkm611JITN1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">If you live in Bangkok Thailand and your a young up and coming Graffiti Artist or Street Artist you have a chance of winning prizes up to 120,000 Baht.<br/>READ FOR LIFE GRAFFITI and STREET ART COMPETITION. Get your team together!! Send in your sketches and Photos of your original work.</span></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/46918843437http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/46918843437Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:00:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e6588bb1fa1e264f60b59d5561d68a31/tumblr_mk3jcv7h5X1qgev97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">If you want to own the Skate decks that Me and Lisa Mam Customised , you have until the 31st of March to Bid in a online Auction All skateboards are available for purchase through a silent auction, starting at 6pm on the 21st of March 2013. Auction closes at midnight on the 31st of March. Winner’s will be announced by email within 24hrs of auction ending.<br/><br/>To bid on a board please send your details to Nataly Lee at offthewallcambodia@gmail.com. <br/><br/>The highest bid will be up<span class="text_exposed_show">dated daily on the Skateboard Gallery.<br/><br/>Please include the following details when you place a bid:<br/><br/>Board Name:<br/><br/>Artist Name:<br/><br/>Bid Amount: $ USD (starting price is $100) *Please note that bidders must make a mininum bid of $5.<br/><br/>Name:<br/><br/>Email Adress:<br/><br/>Telephone number:<br/><br/>International shipping costs will be calculated separately for our international supporters.<br/><br/>50% will go directly to the artists and remaining 50% will go towards CANVAS, an artist-in-residence program run by Teo + Namfah gallery.<br/><br/>The CANVAS artist-in- residence program aims to provide opportunities and support for local and regional artists to further their professional artistic development in a comfortable, creative and supportive environment.<br/><br/>Follow the link <a href="http://offthewallcambodia.tumblr.com/buy">here</a></span></span></p>http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/46049058615http://peaptarrone.tumblr.com/post/46049058615Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:34:07 -0400