Image: Luke Cuccurullo
Kah Yangni is an illustrator living in Philadelphia, PA. They make hyper vibrant art about justice, queerness, and joy- using cut up paper, drawings, paint, and Photoshop to show a world where we are free. Kah’s art can be found on billboards, one 2,250 square foot mural, and on bedroom walls from West Philly to Iceland.
Kah illustrated “Not He or She, I’m Me” by A.M. Wild, a 2024 Stonewall Book Award Honor Book. Kah also illustrated “The Making of Butterflies” by Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi. Their art has been covered by NBC News, Ebony Magazine, Mic, and them, and their poster work is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Free Library of Philadelphia.
You can email Kah at hello@kahyangni.com. For children’s book related inquiries, you can email their agent, Kelly Sonnack, at kelly@andreabrownlit.com.
Recent Press + Interviews + Cool Stuff
“How artists help us believe in a more just future” in Mic
"ART FOR CHANGE: THE RELUCTANT QUEER FUTURIST" in the Philadelphia Citizen
Kah Yangni and Centering Trans People In Public Art on the Streets Dept Podcast
“‘We Are Universal’: Philly Just Unveiled Its First-Ever Mural Celebrating Trans People” in them
“Philadelphia unveils its first mural celebrating transgender people” on NBC News
“CHANGING THE VIBE: Kah Yangni’s art brings joy to the streets” in Motif Magazine
Kah featured in PBS Kids Show Albie’s Elevator, “Pep Talk Portrait” (starts at 07:10)
A tifo held up at a Chicago Fire soccer game in May 2023. Organized by Meredith Miklasz and others. Photo via Men In Red 97 Media. Words from “Endless” poster by Kah Yangni, commissioned by Forward Together for Trans Day of Resilience 2019 and created in conversation with poetry by Vita E. Cleveland.