Shanice Aga is a Khoja-American designer , and visual artist .

VCUarts annual fashion event. 2025 theme: evoke. We drew inspiration from the lingering impact and dreamlike quality of memories and emotions. The visual identity employs archival photographs from past shows, video footage of current students working, a dynamic typography based on over and underexposure in photography, atmospheric gradients in deep purples and blues, and the strategic use of negative space to create a sense of emergence and ephemerality.

My Role(s):
Creative Direction
Graphic Design
Video Graphics/Editing
Experience Design

Collaborator(s):
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
McNair Evans, Photography
Taylor Quinn / Filmspire, Videography
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Link(s):
design overview
full show

McLean, 2023-24

Editorial Design
Ad/Branding

I collaborated with artist Navine G. Dossos to use selected pieces from her series of watercolor paintings, No Such Organisation, and create new files for/lead their installation as a new vinyl mural titled McLean on the facade of the ICA at VCU.

My Role(s):
Design Lead
Color Correction/Matching
Digitization of Artwork
Scaling/Formatting (for print on vinyl)

Collaborator(s):
Navine G. Dossos, Artist
Meredith Carrington, Marketing Director
Sarah Rifky, Curator
Cut Cut Creative, Vinyl Installation
David Hale, Photographer

Link(s):
nomegallery
theartnewspaper

HOYEHH, 2024

Ad/Branding

A homemade Chinese-Vietnamese-American chili oil brand I collaborated on with my partner and his family. Designs inspired by magazine culture, cantonese culture, the experiences of kids of immigrants, photos on film and the story of the monkey king from ancient art referencesDragon Ball Z.

My Role(s):
Co-Creator
Packaging Design
Illustration
Branding

Collaborator(s):
Kevin Trinh, Co-Creator/Photographer
Chung Trinh, Sauce Creator
Hoa Trinh, Flavor Master
Harry Trinh, Designer/Cultural Legend
Foster K. White, #1 Fan/Photographer

Link(s):
Instagram

Studio Magazine, Fall 2024

Editorial Design

Studio Magazine is a publication released by VCUarts every year highlighting student, alumni and faculty news, recent work and other stories/accomplishments.

My Role(s):
Graphic Design
Layouts
Assistance w/Cover Story Photoshoot

Collaborator(s):
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
McNair Evans, Photography
Wes Hester, Exec. Dir. of Communications
Brian Ivasauskas, Copywriting/Assoc. Dir. of Content

Links:
Full Publication

Viewbook, 2024

My Role(s):
Design Direction
Graphic Design/Layouts
Illustration

Collaborator(s):
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
McNair Evans, Photography
Wes Hester, Exec. Dir. of Communications
Brian Ivasauskas, Copywriting/Assoc. Dir. of Content

Link(s):
Full Publication

Context, 2024

VCUarts annual fashion event. 2024 theme: CONTEXT. Inspired by the multi-layered nature of context to compose branding materials using elements like overlapping images, translucent layers, texture, and blurring to enable a more thoughtful, story-driven interpretation of the student work.

My Role(s):
Design Direction
Graphic Design
Experience Design

Collaborator(s):
Committee: Deidra Arrington, Tammy Davis,
Rudy Lopez, Kelly Kerr, Kim Guthrie
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
McNair Evans, Photography
Taylor Quinn / Filmspire, Videography
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Award(s):
Silver Award, Integrated Campaigns, UCDA (University & College Designers Association), 2024

Link(s):
design overview
full show
VCUarts news

MFA Thesis Book, 2023

Editorial Design

Collaborators:
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
Terry Brown, Photographer

Link(s):
Full Publication

Museum Signage, 2023

My Role(s):
Design Direction
Graphic Design
Research

Collaborator(s):
Michael Lease, Director of Facilities and Experience Design
Meredith Carrington, Marketing Director
Anya Kobayashi, Graphic Designer
Cut Cut Creative

So it appears..., 2023

The exhibition shows how abstraction can be a visual strategy, a way of revealing the aesthetic or political challenges of what is difficult or impossible to present.

My Role(s):
Graphic Design
Exhibition Design
Editorial Design
Marketing/Comms

Collaborator(s):
Meredith Carrington, Marketing Director
Anya Kobayashi, Graphic Designer
Andy Clifford, Chief Preparator
Sarah Rifky, Curator
Cut Cut Creative, Vinyl Team
David Hale, Photographer

WNBA x Supreme: Built Different, 2023

Hype is all around us, and we're bringing it from the arena to the park. With the WNBA x Supreme collab, we're bringing a hype that's no longer out of our league. WE’RE BUILT DIFFERENT.

My Role(s):
Design Direction
Graphic Design
Experience Design

Collaborator(s):
Anari Flemming, Strategy
Cat Clark, Art Director
Amber Bills, Brand Manager
Taylor Bendus, Copywriter
Max Warren, Brand manager

Link(s):
Full Deck
anari.work
catherineclark.work

National Portfolio Day, 2023

Poster deigns and event collateral for annual events hosted by VCUarts in D.C. and Richmond, where prospective students meet with arts colleges and talk to different schools about their portfolios, programs, and aspirations in All Natural Lemon and Lime flavors (my favorite color combination).

My Role(s):
Design Direction
Graphic Design
Illustration

Collaborator(s):
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
Kelly Teeling, Executive Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Resume at the Point of Interruption, 2022

I worked with lens-based artist, dana washington-queen, who explores themes of freedom and escape through writing and video-making, to design and produce several pieces for their exhibition.

My Role(s):
Graphic Designer
Design Direction
Creation of two new pieces in collaboration with the artist.

Collaborator(s):
dana washington queen, Artist
Meredith Carrington, Marketing Director
Andy Clifford, Chief Preparator
Cut Cut Creative, Vinyl Team
Enjoli Moon, Curator
David Hale, Photographer

Simultaneity, 2018

Architecture/Design

Selections from "Simultaneity," my thesis, integrating architecture, printmaking, and design to explore themes of identity, desire, power, storytelling, simulacra, and perspective

Award(s):
Ellen Braaten Media Award, First Award, 2018

One-offs /
Mini-Projects,
2018-22

Moss Arts Center, 2018-20

Museums/Galleries
Archive

Worked Exhibitions:
DATAForm (8.29 - 11.9.2019)
SURGE (8.2019 - 12.2021)
Fierce Women (1.30 - 4.25.2020)
ARBOREAL (1.24 - 3.23.2019)
Gerry Bannan Peaceable Kingdom (5.9 - 6.1.2019)
SOVA Faculty Triennial (4.4 - 5.4.2019)
SWARM (10.24 - 12.15.2018)

My Role(s):
Art Installation
Curitorial Assistant
Digitization/Archival work
Education/Outreach
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Research/Writing

Collaborator(s):
Margo Crutchfield, Curator at Large
Meggin Hicklin, Exhibitions Program Manager

POP Power,
2018-19

Museums/Galleries
Events/Experiences
Archive

My Role(s):
Curitorial Assistant
Exhibition Design
Graphic Design
Marketing/Communications
Education: Hosted a screenprinting workshop.

Collaborator(s):
Patrick Cable, Chief Curator
Ana Morales, Education + Design Coordinator

Esposizione, 2017

Poster and flyer designs for a M.Arch, and B.Arch student exhibit of work from the 2016/17 Riva San Vitale Residency Program. Designs inspired by photography I took of paper trash on the streets of Lyon, Milan, and Lucerne while traveling as well as the colors and patterns on the Swiss franc.

My Role(s):
Art/Design Direction
Photography
Collage

Collaborator(s):
Erin Kuschner, Designer/Art Director

Narrow Library, 2016-17

Proposal for a library playing with ideas of proportion, narrowness, and surrealism in Riva San Vitale, CH.

Caixa, 2017

Chicagoua, 2016

Rowhouse / Boathouse, 2016