Khaya

    STYLESEEKR PASSPORT

    Based in Cape Town, South Africa

    I transform detailed colour-pencil portraits of Black life into wearable art that honors African creativity and community.

    Wearable Narrative Realism

    Colour-pencil portraits transferred from paper to apparel.

    • Wearable Narrative Realism by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0101 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0114 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0119 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0116 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0115 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0111 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0099 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0098 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0110 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0102 by Khaya, fashion illustration
    • IMG_0109 by Khaya, fashion illustration

    Operating from Cape Town, the studio curates a growing archive of figurative artwork translated into apparel.

    I take hand-drawn artworks beyond gallery walls into wearable cultural products.