Dalani Tanahy (born July 22, 1961) is an American artist specializing in the Hawaiian art of creating kapa, fabric made by beating bark.

[1] She was born and raised in San Diego, California, with a Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Caucasian ethnic background.

[5][4] Tanahy later worked as a kapa teacher for fourth graders at the Cultural Learning Center at Kaala.

[6] Along with other kumu (expert teachers), Tanahy works to revive the tradition of kapa through research, experimentation, and sharing knowledge through workshops and classes.

[9] In 2018 she served as the inaugural Master Kumu for the Hawaiian-Pacific Studies program at University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu.