ABOUT  

Lorelle Aboagye (b.1997, London, United Kingdom)

Studied at Norwich University of the Arts, obtaining a BA in Illustration (2019)
and an MA in Textile Design (2021), specialising in Woven Textiles.

Lorelle’s handcrafted textile artworks blend her diverse cultural interests, drawing on her Ghanaian heritage and passion for West African textile crafts. Each woven cloth is meticulously developed through an organic, spiritually led creative process, focusing on weaving and preserving West African narratives through distinct material choices that echo tradition while embracing contemporary design. Lorelle’s work reflects her dedication to researching and documenting identity, migration, ancestral rituals, and cultural traditions through the cloth.

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Lorelle’s textiles are held in private collections and have been exhibited nationally in selected group exhibitions, including:

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• The London Design Festival -Brompton Design District (2025)

• Gucci Circolo (2021)

• Lorelle’s upcoming exhibition, African Threads:  A Contemporary Woven Response to Aso Oke (October 2026), is in partnership with Greenwich University and The Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust. Directly positions her contemporary woven textiles in dialogue with historical African artefacts found

within the Trust’s collection.

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Lorelle’s work has also been featured in the following publications. Nataal Issue3: V&A Fashion Africa collaboration DREAM WEAVERS (2022) Nataal Digital (2021)

Lorelle has also participated in the Wisbech & Fenlands Museum research event: Talking Textiles (2021)

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Lorelle is also an accomplished Arts Educator specialising in developing and facilitating museum-based textile workshops. Her previous clients include Somerset House, The Royal Institute of British Architects, and The Wallace Collection.

In addition to her developing practice in woven textiles and ceramic jewellery, Lorelle is presently serving as a Trainee Textile Artist for Theatre and Film at The National Theatre in London, where she effectively combines her passion for storytelling and sustainable design within the theatrical domain. As part of her traineeship, she was invited to present and discuss the NT's Natural Dye Garden at the Set & Scene, and was notably interviewed by Gardener's World regarding the NT's Dye Garden and the integration of its dyes into NT productions.