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








McLean, 2023-24


Museums/Galleries
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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, PhotographerLink(s):
nomegallery
theartnewspaper



VCUarts Website, 2024


Ad/Branding


My Role(s):
Graphic Design
Brand/Design Direction
Content Migration
QACollaborator(s):
FastSpot, External Web Design Team
Ryan Sprowl, Interim Exec. Director of Communications
Lena Zharekhin, Senior Content Developer
Will Weaver, Content Developer
McNair Evans, Photography
Brian Ivasauskas, Copywriting/Assoc. Dir. of ContentLinks:
Live site



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



Packages for Admitted Students, 2024


Ad/Branding


My Role(s):
 Design Direction
Graphic DesignCollaborator(s):
Ryan Sprowl, Interim Exec. Director of Communications
Kelly Teeling, Executive Director of Recruitment and Admissions



Context, 2024


Ad/Branding
Events/Experiences



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 ArtsAward(s):
Silver Award, Integrated Campaigns, UCDA (University & College Designers Association)Link(s):
design overview
full show
VCUarts news




Viewbook, 2024


Editorial Design
Ad/BrandingMy 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



HOYEHH, 2023

 
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/PhotographerLink(s):
Instagram



MFA Thesis Book, 2023


Editorial Design Collaborators:
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
Terry Brown, PhotographerLink(s):
Full Publication



Museum Signage, 2023


Museums/Galleries
Events/Experiences 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


Museums/Galleries
Events/Experiences
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


Ad/Branding
Events/Experiences


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


Ad/Branding
Events/Experiences
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



School of the Arts Branding / Marketing / Communications, 2023-24


Ad/Branding
Selections of work from my time as Graphic Designer for Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. Coming in after years of them not having an internal communications team and helping them do a refresh and rebrand of everything from the main brand to the main website to the student blog to swag to admissions to development to events to...
My Role(s):
Comms/Marketing
Creative/Design Direction
Digital Design
Editorial Design
Graphic Design
Illustration
Packaging Design
Collaborator(s):
Ryan Sprowl, Art Director
McNair Evans, Photography
Wes Hester, Exec. Dir. of Communications
Brian Ivasauskas, Copywriting/Assoc. Dir. of Content
Meredith Carrington, Marketing Director
Anya Kobayashi, Graphic Designer Link(s):
Brand Guide
The Lamppost



Resume at the Point of Interruption, 2022


Museums/Galleries
Events/Experiences

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/WritingCollaborator(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


Architecture/Design
Archive


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


Architecture/Design
Archive

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



Caixa, 2017


Architecture/Design
Archive



Chicagoua, 2016


Architecture/Design
Archive



Rowhouse / Boathouse, 2016


Architecture/Design
Archive




Invasion Film Festival, 2016


Events/Experiences
ArchiveMy Role(s):
Film Festival Director
Art Direction
Graphic Design
Event Planning Collaborator(s):
Studio Collective
Luisa Lacsamana, Designer/Artist
Chris Pritchett, Advisor/Educator/Designer
Link(s):
Studio Collective



Studio Collective, 2014-20


Editorial Design
Archive
My Role(s):
Advisor
Graphic Design
Merchandise Design
Marketing/Communications
Photography
InterviewsCollaborator(s):
Studio Collective
Luisa Lacsamana, Designer/Artist
Austin Ledzian, Designer
Chris Pritchett, Advisor/Educator/Designer
Link(s):
Studio Collective





Album Art, 
2013-20


Archive
Link(s):
Stay Rad, Stay Home
Follow, Horse Culture
Heliopause, ZDJ
Void of Light, Helm




Sketchbooks, 2013-18


Archive