James Reka

{{Short description|Australian street artist}}

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James Reka (aka "REKA" and "Reka One"{{cite web| url=http://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 }}) is a street artist from Melbourne, Australia,{{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 }} later based in Berlin, Germany.{{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 }} 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 and he has exhibited worldwide. He participated in the Dulwich Outdoor Gallery associated with Dulwich Picture Gallery, southeast London. In 2019 he created a large mural work for the Venice Biennale entitled The Doge and The Gondolier.