Biography
Reka Judit Jaksics is a Swiss-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans music, photography, and printmaking. Based in Horgen, a town on the shores of Lake Zurich, she brings a cross-disciplinary sensibility to her visual art that is informed by her background as a professional cellist and vocalist.
Jaksics is the founder of "ocar and charley," a cultural space established in 2022 in a former smithy near Lake Zurich. The venue hosts concerts, exhibitions, cinema nights, dance performances, and other arts events, reflecting her commitment to creating community-centered spaces for creative exchange. This role as a cultural organizer and curator complements her own artistic production.
Her training as a classical musician -- she plays and teaches cello in addition to singing -- deeply informs her approach to visual art. The rhythmic structures, tonal sensitivities, and compositional awareness developed through musical practice translate into her photographic and print work, where attention to timing, atmosphere, and emotional resonance are paramount.
Jaksics has developed a body of photographic work that has been recognized through international exhibition and social media platforms. Her photography explores themes of belonging, identity, and the relationship between figure and environment, often working with color in ways that evoke emotional and psychological states.
In 2025, her work "I thought I could fly" received the Awagami Factory Prize at the Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, marking a significant recognition of her printmaking practice. The inkjet/pigment print brings her photographic sensibility to the intimate format of the miniature print, demonstrating how her cross-disciplinary background enriches her engagement with print media.
Through her activities as musician, photographer, printmaker, and cultural space operator, Jaksics embodies a holistic approach to artistic practice that refuses the boundaries between disciplines, finding in each medium new possibilities for creative expression and community building.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇨🇭Switzerland
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
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Frequently Asked Questions
Reka Judit Jaksics is a Swiss-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans music, photography, and printmaking. Based in Horgen, a town on the shores of Lake Zurich, she brings a cross-disciplinary sensibility to her visual art that is informed by her background as a professional cellist and vocalist.
Reka Judit Jaksics's work was shaped by the Contemporary Mokuhanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Contemporary Mokuhanga: Contemporary mokuhanga (literally "wood-block print") encompasses artists working from approximately 1970 to the present who continue or reinvent traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques.
Reka Judit Jaksics is a contemporary printmaker contributing to the ongoing tradition of woodblock printing. Contemporary prints offer collectors an affordable entry point into Japanese printmaking. Prices range from $100 for smaller works to $1,500 for major compositions. Most prints sell in the $200–$600 range. The contemporary printmaking scene is active and international, with artists exhibiting at galleries, art fairs, and print biennials worldwide.