James Reka

{{Short description|Australian street artist}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Reka One | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = The Doge and The Gondolier | style = Street art | movement = Graffiti | awards =  | signature = Reka One tag.png | signature_type = Tag | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|rekaone.com}} | module = }}

'''James Reka''' (aka "'''REKA'''" and "'''Reka One'''"<ref name="juxtapoz">{{cite web| url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/james-reka-is-reka-one | title=James Reka is Reka One | website= Juxtapoz: Art & Culture Magazine | date=20 November 2012 | accessdate=15 July 2015 }}</ref>) is a street artist from Melbourne, Australia,<ref name="beazley15">{{cite book| first=Ingrid | last=Beazley | authorlink=Ingrid Beazley | title=Street Art, Fine Art | publisher=Heni Publishing | location=London | ISBN=978-0-9568738-5-9 | year=2015 | page=348 }}</ref> later based in Berlin, Germany.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://rekaone.com/blog/?page_id=2 |title=Info / Bio: James Reka – Melbourne, Australia |website=RekaOne |accessdate=15 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715221143/http://rekaone.com/blog/?page_id=2 |archivedate=15 July 2015 }}</ref> Reka first started as a graffiti artist in the 1990s, moving to street art including large murals later.

His work is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia<ref name="juxtapoz" /> and he has exhibited worldwide. He participated in the Dulwich Outdoor Gallery associated with Dulwich Picture Gallery, southeast London.<ref name="beazley15" /> In 2019 he created a large mural work for the Venice Biennale entitled The Doge and The Gondolier.{{cn|date=April 2026}}

==See also== * Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

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==External links== * [http://rekaone.com/ RekaOne website]

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