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{{short description|American tattoo artist, restaurateur, and reality television personality}}
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| name          = Oliver Peck
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1971|07|29}}
| birth_place   = [[Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
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| occupation    = {{hlist|Tattoo artist|reality television personality|restaurateur}}
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| known_for     = ''[[Ink Master]]'' judge
| spouse        = {{marriage|[[Kat Von D]]|2003|2007|end=divorced}}
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'''Oliver Peck''' (born July 29, 1971) is an American tattoo artist, restaurateur, and reality television personality. Along with guitarist [[Dave Navarro]] and tattoo artist [[Chris Nunez]], he was a judge on the competition reality television show ''[[Ink Master]]'' for seasons [[Ink Master (season 1)|1]] through [[Ink Master (season 13)|13]]. Known for his American traditional style tattoos, he is co-owner of Elm Street Tattoo in Dallas, Texas and owner of True Tattoo in Hollywood, California. His restaurant Tiki Loco was located in [[Deep Ellum]], Dallas, before shuttering in early 2023.
==Career==
Peck started giving himself and his friends tattoos at age 17.<ref name="Cheat Sheet">{{cite news |last1=Weiler |first1=Lauren |title=How 1 Famous Tattoo Artist Started the Ritual of $13 Tattoos on Friday the 13th |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/how-1-famous-tattoo-artist-started-the-ritual-of-13-tattoos-on-friday-the-13th.html/ |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=Cheat Sheet |date=July 13, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/how-1-famous-tattoo-artist-started-the-ritual-of-13-tattoos-on-friday-the-13th.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991, at age 19, he started professionally tattooing.<ref name="Cheat Sheet" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-28 |title=Oliver Peck — Tattoo Artist in Dallas |url=https://ink-match.com/artists/us/tx/dallas/oliver-peck/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website= |language=en-US}}</ref>
In January 2012, the first season of ''Ink Master'' premiered, with Peck, Dave Navarro, and Chris Nunez as judges.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news |last1=Trepany |first1=Charles |title=Oliver Peck leaves 'Ink Master' after blackface controversy; Paramount Network weighs in |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/01/07/oliver-peck-says-goodbye-ink-master-after-blackface-photos-emerge/2838903001/ |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=USA Today |date=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175854/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/01/07/oliver-peck-says-goodbye-ink-master-after-blackface-photos-emerge/2838903001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Peck continued on as a judge through season 13 in 2020. During season 13, photos of Peck in blackface circulated on the internet after gossip site [[TMZ]] published them. One photo showed Peck wearing "brown face paint, an [[Afro]] wig and a superhero costume with the letter "N" on it."<ref name="Burke">{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Minyvonne |title='Ink Master' judge Oliver Peck leaving show after blackface photos emerge |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/ink-master-judge-oliver-peck-leaving-show-after-blackface-photos-n1112426 |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=NBC News |date=January 8, 2020 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175854/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/ink-master-judge-oliver-peck-leaving-show-after-blackface-photos-n1112426 |url-status=live }}</ref> Peck announced on Instagram he would be leaving the show, stating, "The offensive photos of me which recently surfaced from many years ago can only be a distraction to the amazing show I have loved being a part of and its many talented artists."<ref name="Gempel">{{cite news |last1=Gempel |first1=Natalie |title=Oliver Peck Leaves Ink Masters After Photos of Him In Blackface Surface |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2020/01/oliver-peck-leaves-ink-masters-after-photos-of-him-in-blackface-surface/ |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=D Magazine |date=January 8, 2020 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2020/01/oliver-peck-leaves-ink-masters-after-photos-of-him-in-blackface-surface/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Peck is credited with creating the ritual of offering $13 tattoos on [[Friday the 13th]]. In 1995, he threw a tattooing party that lasted 24 hours to celebrate the day, and the trend took off. Peck stated, "I definitely wasn’t the first person to do it, the number 13 on the Friday the 13th", though he is credited with popularizing the event.<ref name="Cheat Sheet" /> Elm Street Tattoo generally expects about 1,200 customers for the event each year.<ref name="vice 13th">{{cite news |last1=Grimm |first1=Beca |title=How Friday the 13th Became Black Friday for Tattoos |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/8x8zxb/how-friday-the-13th-became-black-friday-for-tattoos |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=VICE |date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175854/https://www.vice.com/en/article/8x8zxb/how-friday-the-13th-became-black-friday-for-tattoos |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:London Tattoo Convention 2013 Oliver Peck.jpg|thumb|right|Peck at the London Tattoo Convention in 2013]]
Peck broke the world record for tattooing the most tattoos in a 24 hour period in June 2008 when he tattooed the number 13 on 415 different people at his Elm Street Tattoo shop in Dallas. The record was previously held by Peck's ex-wife and fellow tattoo artist [[Kat Von D]]. The record was listed in the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]''.<ref name="world record">{{cite news |title=Inkfest! Guinness record for Texas tattoo artist |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25167829 |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=Associated Press |date=June 15, 2008 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175854/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25167829 |url-status=live }}</ref> Peck introduced "tattoo roulette" at Elm Street Tattoo in 2018, where a client picks a random [[Flash (tattoo)|flash tattoo]] from a gumball machine. ''[[Inked Magazine]]'' wrote, "Certainly we've gotten some arbitrary tattoos on a whim, but allowing a random machine to pick a design to be permanently tattooed on your body is just nuts."<ref name="tattoo roulette">{{cite news |title=Would You Play Tattoo Roulette? |url=https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/oliver-pecks-elm-street-tattoo-gains-national-attention-with-a-gum-ball-machine |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=Inked Magazine |date=August 16, 2017 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175856/https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/oliver-pecks-elm-street-tattoo-gains-national-attention-with-a-gum-ball-machine |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Tattoo reception===
In 2015, Peck won "Best Tattoo Artist" in the ''[[Dallas Observer]]'' Best of Dallas contest.<ref name="Best of Dallas">{{cite news |title=Best Tattoo Artist |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/best-of/2015/shopping-and-services/best-tattoo-artist-7617279 |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=Dallas Observer |date=2015 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175859/https://www.dallasobserver.com/best-of/2015/shopping-and-services/best-tattoo-artist-7617279 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, Pete Freedman of ''Central Track'' wrote Peck is "...an internationally renowned tattooer for years now..."<ref name="Central Track">{{cite news |last1=Freedman |first1=Pete |title=Oliver Peck Thinks Your Fave Celeb's Tats Suck |url=https://www.centraltrack.com/olver-peck-thinks-your-favorite-celebrity-tattoos-suck/ |access-date=April 13, 2021 |publisher=Central Track |date=June 30, 2017 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175856/https://www.centraltrack.com/olver-peck-thinks-your-favorite-celebrity-tattoos-suck/ |url-status=live }}</ref> That same year, the ''[[OC Weekly]]'' wrote, Peck is "one of the most visible and respected tattooers in the world."<ref name="OC weekly">{{cite news |last1=Chesler |first1=Josh |title=Oliver Peck Talks About His Harley Davidson Collab and Tattoos Going Mainstream |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/oliver-peck-talks-about-his-harley-davidson-collab-and-tattoos-going-mainstream-8127854/ |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=OC Weekly |date=May 23, 2017 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175905/https://www.ocweekly.com/oliver-peck-talks-about-his-harley-davidson-collab-and-tattoos-going-mainstream-8127854/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Andrew Braca of the ''[[Waxahachie Daily Light]]'' called Peck "world-renowned".<ref name="Waxahachie">{{cite news |last1=Branca |first1=Andrew |title=World-renowned tattoo artist Oliver Peck to open retail store inside Odd Fellows lodge in Waxahachie |url=https://www.waxahachietx.com/news/20181015/world-renowned-tattoo-artist-oliver-peck-to-open-retail-store-inside-odd-fellows-lodge-in-waxahachie |access-date=April 13, 2021 |publisher=Waxahachie Daily Light |date=October 15, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/https://www.waxahachietx.com/news/20181015/world-renowned-tattoo-artist-oliver-peck-to-open-retail-store-inside-odd-fellows-lodge-in-waxahachie |url-status=live }}</ref> That same year, ''Tattoo Journal'' wrote, "Oliver Peck tattoos are famous for their classic American style and theme and the attention to detail."<ref name="Tattoo Journal">{{cite news |title=Oliver Peck Tattoo – Great Master & Artist |url=http://tattoo-journal.com/oliver-peck-tattoo-master/ |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=Tattoo Journal |date=June 14, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/http://tattoo-journal.com/oliver-peck-tattoo-master/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Tiki Loco restaurant===
In October 2018, Peck opened Tiki Loco, a "coffee shop and vegan restaurant hybrid" in [[Deep Ellum]], Dallas, Texas.<ref name="Tiki Loco">{{cite news |last1=Ziots |first1=Megan |title=Celebrity Tattoo Artist Brings a New Coffee Shop and Vegan Restaurant to Deep Ellum |url=https://www.papercitymag.com/restaurants/tiki-loco-new-dallas-coffee-shop-vegan-restaurant-deep-ellum-celebrity-tattoo-oliver-peck/ |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=Paper City Magazine |date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/https://www.papercitymag.com/restaurants/tiki-loco-new-dallas-coffee-shop-vegan-restaurant-deep-ellum-celebrity-tattoo-oliver-peck/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Live Kindly">{{cite news |last1=Wills |first1=Lauren |title='Ink Master' Star Oliver Peck Opens Vegan Restaurant, Tiki Loco, in Dallas |url=https://www.livekindly.co/oliver-peck-vegan-restaurant-texas/ |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=Live Kindly |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/https://www.livekindly.co/oliver-peck-vegan-restaurant-texas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The restaurant, located on Elm Street, took over the space held by previous restaurant Zini's Pizza.<ref name="Hostetter">{{cite news |last1=Hostetter |first1=Alaena |title=Oliver Peck's New Vegan Destination Prepares to Open in Deep Ellum |url=https://dallas.eater.com/2018/9/6/17828336/tiki-loco-oliver-peck-deep-ellum-opening |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=Dallas Eater |date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175857/https://dallas.eater.com/2018/9/6/17828336/tiki-loco-oliver-peck-deep-ellum-opening |url-status=live }}</ref> The restaurant is a combination of Hawaiian and Mexican, and serves coffee, fresh-pressed juices, shaved ice, smoothies, and vegan tacos.<ref name="Tiki Loco" /> The marinades and spice blends are both made in house.<ref name="Tiki Loco hawaiian">{{cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Paige |title=Fast-Casual Hawaiian and Tex-Mex Vegan Restaurant Arrives in Deep Ellum |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/tiki-loco-brings-white-rock-coffee-and-vegan-tacos-to-deep-ellum-11569998 |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=Dallas Observer |date=February 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175856/https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/tiki-loco-brings-white-rock-coffee-and-vegan-tacos-to-deep-ellum-11569998 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[D Magazine]]'' writer Catherine Downes characterized Tiki Loco as a "smash hit" and stated they have good food.<ref name="restaurant review">{{cite news |last1=Downes |first1=Catherine |title=Tiki Loco is Serving Stellar Vegan Food in Deep Ellum |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2018/11/tiki-loco-is-serving-stellar-vegan-food-in-deep-ellum/ |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=D Magazine |date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415191406/https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2018/11/tiki-loco-is-serving-stellar-vegan-food-in-deep-ellum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The leftover produce not used in the restaurant is distributed to hospitals in the area.<ref name="hospitals">{{cite news |last1=Monacelli |first1=Steven |title=Grassroots Organizations Come Together To Provide Food to Dallas Residents |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/harvest-project-organization-free-food-bank-11936065 |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=Dallas Observer |date=August 19, 2020 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415181403/https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/harvest-project-organization-free-food-bank-11936065 |url-status=live }}</ref> The restaurant closed because of increasing operating costs and decreased foot traffic in early January 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keomoungkhoun |first1=Nataly |title=News Bites: Deep Ellum Vegan Restaurant Tiki Loco to Close, Mister O1 Expands to Grapevine |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2022/12/news-bites-deep-ellum-vegan-restaurant-tiki-loco-to-close-mister-o1-expands-to-grapevine/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |publisher=D Magazine |date=December 16, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Peck resides in Dallas, Texas.<ref name="hometown">{{cite news |last1=Woodside |first1=Nathan |title='Ink Master' Oliver Peck practices craft at Alton Tattoo Co. |url=https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/8216-Ink-Master-8217-Oliver-Peck-practices-13195389.php |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=August 30, 2018 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/8216-Ink-Master-8217-Oliver-Peck-practices-13195389.php |url-status=live }}</ref> He married fellow tattoo artist [[Kat Von D]] in 2003. They divorced in 2007, with Peck stating, "She [was unfaithful] to me, got messed up and left me... I don't think anything with her will last."<ref name="Marriage">{{cite news |last1=Stardon |first1=Anna |title=Kat Von D: 20 Sketchy Facts Everyone Chooses To Ignore |url=https://www.thethings.com/kat-von-d-20-sketchy-facts-everyone-chooses-to-ignore/ |access-date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=The Things |date=November 7, 2019 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415175855/https://www.thethings.com/kat-von-d-20-sketchy-facts-everyone-chooses-to-ignore/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Peck enjoys riding and collecting [[Harley-Davidson|Harley Davidson]] motorcycles.<ref name="OC weekly" />
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