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.

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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.

Kesewa appears in our Spring 2026 campaign, captured here wearing pieces from the new collection.

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

I’m a Ghanaian-British artist and model, living and working in the UK. I’m instinctive and kind; organisation doesn’t come naturally to me, and neither does tidiness. I love to dance, watch films, spend time on my own, and enjoy a drink and a delicious meal. I love sleep, adventure in every form, and anyone who has truly honed their craft.

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.

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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.

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.

her work

Kesewa Aboah’s practice explores the body as both subject and surface, using imprint and repetition to trace presence and absence.

Working across paper and textile, her pieces evoke a shifting, tactile sense of form, where boundaries blur and the body is reimagined through gesture, texture and mark-making.

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Where is your favourite place on earth?

My home.

What is your stance?

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

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DISCOVER OUR SPRING LOOKBOOK

Shot outdoors in early spring light by Cathy Kasterine and featuring Kesewa Aboah, this lookbook reflects a shift towards lighter layering and the return of colour.

New and evolving pieces come together within a considered modular wardrobe, designed to layer, adapt and evolve.