Marfa muse

Kesewa Aboah is a British artist and model based in London. Working intuitively across disciplines, her practice explores instinct, movement and the emotional language of materials. Raised between fashion and art, she developed an early sensitivity to image-making and storytelling, later refining her approach through formal study in New York.

Meet The Marfa Makers

Alongside a long-standing presence in front of the camera, Aboah’s artistic work has evolved through commissions and residencies, with a focus on tactile, expressive forms. Her work often centres on themes of femininity, connection and embodied experience, unfolding through a process that is both instinctive and reflective.

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Tell our community a little about yourself in your own words?

Ghanaian-British artist and model living and working in the UK. Instinctive and kind; organisation doesn’t come naturally, and neither does tidiness. Loves to dance, loves a film, loves to be on my own, loves a drink and a delicious meal, loves to sleep, loves an adventure of every variety, and loves anyone who has honed their craft.

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How would you describe yourself and your work?

I’d describe my work as tactile, instinctive, and celebratory.

What are your influences?

Women.

Describe your working process.

It usually starts with following my intuition. As I go, I shape that into an idea, which I then begin to develop and follow through.

Pamela Hornik

When you create, are you following a feeling, an idea, or something else less defined?

It usually starts with following my intuition. As I go, I shape that into an idea, which I then begin to follow.

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Do you feel like your work is something you shape or something that reveals itself over time?

Both.

What does your creative process give you that nothing else does?

A feeling of total ease and unease at the same time.

Pamela Hornik

Where is your favourite place on earth?

My home.

What is your stance?

Everything in moderation, including moderation.