Kesewa Aboah

Kesewa Arbell Lavinia Aboah (born May 1994) is a British artist and model.^[3]

Kesewa Aboah
Born	Kesewa Arbell Lavinia Aboah May 1994 (age 31) Westminster, London, England[1]
Nationality	British
Alma mater	School of Visual Arts
Parent	Camilla Lowther (mother)
Relatives	Adwoa Aboah (sister)
Modelling information
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair colour	Brown
Eye colour	Brown
Agency	DNA Models (New York) VIVA Model Management (Paris, Barcelona, London) (mother agency)[2]

Early life and family

Aboah was born in London, England, to Charles Aboah, a Ghanaian location scout in the fashion industry and former barrister clerk, and Camilla Lowther, a British fashion businesswoman and talent manager. Her maternal grandmother was an American from California, named Lavinia (née Joyce).^[4][5] The Lowther family are members of the British nobility, headed by the Earl of Lonsdale.^[6] Aboah's maternal great-grandfather was Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther, the son of Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale. She is a grandniece of James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale.^[4] Through her father, she is related to the Ghanaian politician William Kwasi Aboah. Aboah is the younger sister of fashion model and activist Adwoa Aboah and a second cousin of fashion model Matilda Lowther.^[7][8]

Aboah was educated at Millfield, a boarding school in Somerset, and later obtained an art degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.^[9][10][3]

Career

Modelling

Aboah is signed with VIVA Model Management and DNA Models.^[9] She had her first modelling job when she was six years old, modelling for the brand Jigsaw.^[5] She has modelled in advertisement campaigns for Alexander McQueen and Miu Miu.^[9] In 2010 Aboah and her sister were featured in an advertisement campaign for H&M.^[11]

In 2017 she walked the runway for Coach New York's AW17 fashion show.^[12] In September 2018, Aboah, alongside her sister, Adwoa, and her cousin, Alewya Demmisse, were photographed by Mario Sorrenti as the faces of MANGO's AW18 campaign TOGETHER.^[13][14] She has been featured in Vogue, The Telegraph Magazine, Love,^[15] and i-D and has modelled for Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, and Burberry.^{[16][17][18][19]} She was photographed alongside Kate Moss for Love magazine's LOVE 18.^[20]

In November 2018, Aboah was featured in ASAP Rocky's music video for the song "Sundress".^[21]

In February 2019, she walked the runway for Simone Rocha's Fall 2019 fashion show.^[10] In September 2019, Aboah was the face of Links of London's Brutalist campaign.^[22]

Art

Pierre Lagrange, who was already acquainted with the Aboah family, was introduced to Aboah's artwork via social media. He commissioned her to create a canvas of work for H. Huntsman & Sons. Her finished work, titled The Joy in Dancing With My Sisters, was then created into a bespoke jacket design for the brand. She was commissioned to create a second piece for Huntsman's display window, which she titled All The Women And Me.^[23]

Aboah completed an artist's residency in Ísafjörður, Iceland before starting another residency in Mexico.^[24][22]

See also

• Black British nobility, the class that Aboah belongs to.