Reka One: Tall Oaks 29th May - 13th June
Reka is an established artist of Melbourne’s burgeoning street art scene that has successfully moved into the realms of illustration and character design as well as becoming a successful exhibitor of his work, both in Melbourne and interstate.

Commencing in 2002 with forays into the street art genre he transposed self created characters, who exhibited strong lines and bold colours, with the urban environment he was working in. The origins of these characters lie in his creation of logos, built upon simple and bold designs much like the core of the “pop art movement” and also influenced by toy and cartoon designs of the current period. Over time the logos and symbols evolved into more structured forms and embraced the variances of the different media he began to work with such as design, murals, graphics and photography. As a result, the characters have become increasingly detailed through a refined technical approach to the drawing or design he has completed. Inherent in any of the work Reka does is his use of the contrasting humourous nature of much of his designs balanced with an overlay of depth and menace that often are not seen in juxtaposition in other artists work. It is worth noting how he embraces the use of the pseudo human form as a vehicle for expression. Reka has drawn inspiration from his Melbourne street roots, as well as tribal and ancient Japanese patterns while still adhering to a cartoon and graffiti core. These influences are often blended with themes and designs from animation and the stimulus of the earlier works of the Pop art movement as discussed earlier.