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

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.

References

External links

• Kesewa Aboah at IMDb