Hello, I’m Réka Király an illustrator, storyteller and artist based in Helsinki, Finland.

Working on the border of the imaginary and the real, I weave lines between the two. Whether it’s a picture book, pattern design or a unique artwork, drawing is a way of thinking for me, a process of making sense of this world. Curiosity, playfulness, and modularity are the cornerstones of my work.

Through art and design, I create works that bring beauty and relief to the everyday and spark dialogues, believing that objects made with care will light up our curiosity.

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EXHIBITION:

5–30.8.2026
PLANTS on PAPER
Lokal Gallery Helsinki

‘Talking Garden’ oil pastel, wax stick, sumi ink and colour pencil on paper, 2026 © Réka Király, photo by Katja Hagelstam

The works at this exhibition are recordings of my daily observations and thinking through making. Enter gardens, where plants are depicting human emotions. Landscapes of minds. Filled with juicy imperfections, obscure connections, the gardens tell stories of lived lives. Awareness becomes resilience, fragility transforms into strength on paper, that speaks of the invisible pact between the eyes and hands.

 

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PICTURE BOOK:
Little Big Story
about Sorrow

The books received the Most beautiful books of 2025 -award in Finland

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ARTWORK:
JACQUARD WALL TAPESTRY
(in private collection)

 

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Pattern design:
Breeze

for PAPU Design

 

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As delicate as an autumn breeze, with frost touched plants in soft shades of brown, plum and cool blue – a quiet tribute to nature’s resislience as winter draws near.

– PAPU DESIGN

 
 

Pattern design:
Papilion

archive 2016-2019

© Reka Kiraly

 
 
 

Artwork, Wall mural:

A silent celebration of diversity in Glasshouse Helsinki.

 

“Király paints with a free-flowing, natural technique that fits the subject matter perfectly.”

– Jani Niipola

 

Textile design:
Herbarium

limited edition scarves, designed and produced in Finland.

 
 

My story

 

Driven by a constant fascination with modularity in my surroundings and in nature, my work embraces curiosity and gives space for conversations. I always start with hand drawn or ink painted elements. Read more…