Youme Landowne (known as Youme) is an energetic and joyful painter and book artist who thrives in the context of public art. Her parents created her name from the words You and Me. Born in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Youme grew up mostly in Miami, Florida. She studied cross-cultural communication through art at the New School for Social Research and Friends World College. She has interned in the public schools and been a student at the Friends World College at the Nairobi and Kyoto campuses. After graduation she served as the South Florida Youth Director for the Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice.

Youme has lived in and learned from the U.S., Kenya, Japan, Haiti and Cuba. In all of these places, she has worked with communities and individuals to make art that honors personal and cultural wisdom, creating community murals, illustrating tiny books, and teaching poetry in the schools. She has published work that includes illustrations for Girls Inc. Know Your Rights, Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice, and Rainbow Magazine (Nairobi).

Youme currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.