Peach Tao is a Brooklyn-based muralist, teaching artist and illustrator. She loves creating whimsical images inspired by her environments and travelings around the world. She aspires to create works that evoke the feeling of having sweets on a Sunday afternoon :)
Born and raised in Beijing, China, she received a BFA in illustration and printmaking from Savannah College of Art and Design. Peach enjoys painting fun murals and windows for all kinds of places throughout NYC : public schools, hospitals, small businesses, public spaces, bars and restaurants etc. Her murals can also be found in Puerto Rico and as a basketball court in Savannah GA.
In the summer of 2020, she paired up with local activist Karlin Chan and founded the Chinatown Mural Project , dedicated to creating colorful and humorous murals that reflect Chinese American life around Manhattan's Chinatown to attract people back into the neighborhood and support local business. The project has been very well-received and was interviewed by CBSnews , NY1 to name a few.
She has had the pleasure of working with multiple organizations that are focused in beautifying NYC public schools and spaces through murals, like NYC health+Hospitals, ThriveCollective, Groundswell , the LISAproject , EastVillageWalls and theBushwickCollective and many more .
Her illustration and printmaking art work can also be seen in books, apparels, advertisements and many more. Peach is her nickname because her family name(陶Tao)shares the same pronunciation of Peach(桃Tao)in Chinese.
Contact:
Hipeach@peachtao.com
Select clients :
Stanley Outdoors, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Netflix, Tool Media, Patron Tequila, Brooklyn NETs, SONY MUSIC, David Yurman Jewellery, NYC health+hospitals, Brookdale Hospital, University of California Press, L.I.S.A project NYC, Community New York Agency, Momentum Agency, Savannah College of Art and Design
Select clients :
Stanley Outdoors, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Netflix, Tool Media, Patron Tequila, Brooklyn NETs, SONY MUSIC, David Yurman Jewellery, NYC health+hospitals, Brookdale Hospital, University of California Press, L.I.S.A project NYC, Community New York Agency, Momentum Agency, Savannah College of Art and Design
TV interviews : Spectrum NY1 , CBSnews, BronxNet, Pix11 , ColumbiaUniversity, Brooklyn12, BronxTV
Awards: American Illustration, 3x3, Association of Illustration, HiiiIllustration, iJungle Illustration award, CreativeQuarterly
Select Exhibitions: ArtBean Coffee, Spoke-Art / Hashimoto contemporary NYC, Nonstop Metropolis at the Queens Museum, School of Visual Arts, Society of Illustrators-LA, Mini Print International of Cadaqués, National Society of Etchers, Site:Brooklyn, Cykaida Arts Center, the Ink Shop, Bushwick Printlab, 20/20 Gallery, 440 Gallery, Mehu Gallery Her prints are in the Collections of :
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Christchurch, New Zealand;
Proyecto’ace Print Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Richard F.Brush Art Gallery, St.Lawrence University, Canton, New York;
University of Colorado Special Collection, Boulder, Colorado
Proyecto’ace Print Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Richard F.Brush Art Gallery, St.Lawrence University, Canton, New York;
University of Colorado Special Collection, Boulder, Colorado