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

Early life and family

Aboah was born in London, England, to Charles Aboah, a

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ian location scout in the fashion industry and former barrister clerk, and

Camilla Lowther Camilla Ann Lowther is a British fashion booking agent and the founder of Camilla Lowther Management. Early life and family Lowther is the daughter of Captain Anthony George Lowther and Lavinia Joyce. Her father, the second son of Anthony Low ...

, a British fashion businesswoman and talent manager. Her maternal grandmother was an American from California, named Lavinia ( née Joyce). The Lowther family are members of the British nobility, headed by the

Earl of Lonsdale Earl of Lonsdale is a title that has been created twice in British history, firstly in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 (becoming extinct in 1802), and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1807, both times for members of the Lowth ...

. Aboah's maternal great-grandfather was

Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther Anthony Edward Lowther, Viscount Lowther (24 September 1896 – 6 October 1949) was an English courtier and soldier. Early life Anthony Edward Lowther was the eldest son of Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale by his first wife, the form ...

, the son of

Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, OBE, DL (25 June 1867 – 11 March 1953) was an English peer, the fourth and youngest son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale. Biography Lowther was educated at Malvern College and Magdalene ...

. She is a grandniece of

James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (3 November 1922 – 23 May 2006), was a British peer. Background and education Lowther was the elder son of Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther, and Muriel Frances Farrar, daughter of Sir George ...

. 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 Adwoa Caitlin Maria Aboah (born 18 May 1992) is a British fashion model. In December 2017 she appeared on the cover of British ''Vogue''. She has also been on the cover of ''American Vogue'', ''Vogue Italia'', '' Vogue Poland'', and ''i-D''. I ...

and a second cousin of fashion model Matilda Lowther. Aboah was educated at Millfield, a boarding school in

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, and later obtained an art degree from the

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in New York City.

Career

Modelling

Aboah is signed with

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and DNA Models. She had her first modelling job when she was six years old, modelling for the brand Jigsaw. She has modelled in advertisement campaigns for

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and

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. In 2010 Aboah and her sister were featured in an advertisement campaign for H&M. In 2017 she walked the runway for

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's AW17 fashion show. In September 2018, Aboah, alongside her sister, Adwoa, and her cousin, Alewya Demmisse, were photographed by

Mario Sorrenti Mario Sorrenti (born 24 October 1971) is an Italian-American photographer and director best known for his spreads of nude models in the pages of ''Vogue'' and '' Harper's Bazaar''. Early life Sorrenti was born in Naples, Italy, and moved to Ne ...

as the faces of MANGO's AW18 campaign ''TOGETHER''. She has been featured in ''

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'', '' The Telegraph Magazine'', ''

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'', and '' i-D'' and has modelled for Marc Jacobs,

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, and

Burberry Burberry is a British luxury fashion house established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry headquartered in London, England. It currently designs and distributes ready to wear, including trench coats (for which it is most famous), leather accessorie ...

. She was photographed alongside Kate Moss for ''Love'' magazine's ''LOVE 18''. In November 2018, Aboah was featured in

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's music video for the song " Sundress". In February 2019, she walked the runway for

Simone Rocha Simone Rocha (born 1986) is an Irish fashion designer. She is the daughter of fashion designer John Rocha, and trained at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and at Central Saint Martins, London. She launched her graduate collection ...

's Fall 2019 fashion show. In September 2019, Aboah was the face of Links of London's ''Brutalist'' campaign.

Art

Pierre Lagrange Pierre Philippe Alexandre Lagrange (born 15 March 1962) is a Belgian economist, hedge fund manager, financier, and a co-founder of GLG Partners. His net worth is estimated at £500 million according to ''The Sunday Times''. Early life and education ...

, 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''. Aboah completed an artist's residency in

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, Iceland before starting another residency in

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Early life and family

Career

Modelling

Art

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