Shanice Aga (b.1995) is a khoja-american designer, visual artist, and art director. A trained architect and material culturalist, she is inspired by philosophy, (ancientpop) cultural phenomena and human expression.
    Aga has been primarily working for museums, brands, and artists across multiple touch-points: from digital and print, to (IRL) experiences.

Contact
Shanice Aga
shaniceaga@gmail.com
linkedin

Sectors
design/art
marketing/communications
brand/advertising
experiences/events
museums/galleries
education
 Experience
graphic designer(VCUarts)
graphic designer/exhibitions(Institute for Contemporary Art VCU)
adjunct professor(Virginia Tech School of Architecture)
content developer(Ozmo, Inc.)
curatorial/design assistant(Moss Arts Center)
curatorial/design intern(Taubman Museum of Art)
gm/art director/dj(WUVT 90.7 FM)
graphics head/designer(Studio VT Archi. Journal)
Education
B.Arch, Architecture(Minor Art History)
(Virginia Tech 2018) Residencies: Riva San Vitale, CH 2017; WAAC 2016. Foci: Storytelling, Printmaking, Culture, and Expressive, Imaginative, and Conceptual architecture/design.

M.A., Material Culture + Public Humanities(Museum Studies)
(Virginia Tech 2020) Foci: Exhibition Design/Curation, Social Theory, Art/Arch Hist/Theory, Oceanic Art, Edo-Meiji Japanese Prints.

McLean
(2023) I worked with artist Navine G. Dossos to create digital versions of selected pieces from her series of watercolor paintings, No Such Organisation, which were then installed as a new mural titled McLean at the ICA at VCU.
Collaborator(s)
Navine G. Dossos (artist)
Meredith Carrington (marketing director)
Sarah Rifky (curator)
Cut Cut Creative (vinyl team)
David Hale (photographer)Sector(s)
art/design
galleries
exhibitions
Link(s)
navinegdossos.com
icavcu.org
theartnewspaper.com


HOYEHH Chili Oil
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. 

Collaborator(s)
Kevin Trinh
Chung Bao Trinh
Harry Trinh
Hua Trinh
Foster K. White (photos)Sector(s)
art/design
brand/advertising

Link(s)
@hoyehhchilioil
metmuseum.org



VCUarts selection of work

Collaborator(s)
Ryan Sprowl 
Brian Ivasauskas 
Wes Hester
McNair Evans Sector(s)
art/design
branding/advertising
marketing/communications

Link(s)
2023-mfa-thesis-catalog
VCUarts-BrandGuide.pdf
youtube.com


National Portfolio Day 2023

Collaborator(s)
Ryan Sprowl
Kelly Teeling Sector(s)
art/design
marketing
communications
events




So it appears
is an exhibition that — at first glance — addresses abstract art of the last twenty years, globally. At a deeper level, 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.
Collaborator(s)
Meredith Carrington
Anya Kobayashi
Andy Clifford 
Sarah Rifky 
Cut Cut Creative 
David HaleSector(s)
art/design
marketing
communications
exhibitions
galleries



Resume at the Point of Interruption
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.

Collaborator(s)
dana washington queen
Meredith Carrington
Andy Clifford
Cut Cut Creative
Enjoli Moon
David Hale

Sector(s)
art/design
exhibitions
galleries

Link(s)
danawashington.com
icavcu.org
Built Different: WNBA x Supreme (imagined collaboration) We believe in backing the women who are the shooters, the scorers, and everything in between. The women who dare to do, to dream, and love the game of basketball. And big talent and drive requires big support. It's the thumping in your shoes as you pass. It's the cheering in the stands that brings the energy up and up. It's the thousand-person roar backed by the final buzzer. 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.
Collaborator(s)
Anari Flemming 
Cat Clark 
Amber Bills 
Max Warren
Taylor Bendus
Sector(s)
brand/advertising
design
experiences

Link(s)
full deck
anari.work the best strategist i know fr


Simultaneity
Selections from "Simultaneity," my undergraduate architecture thesis, integrating architecture, printmaking, and design to explore themes of identity, desire, time, space, power, multiplicity, narrative, storytelling, simulacra, and perspective. Through the creation of two distinct architectural environments and characters, I aimed to highlight the significance of considering the diverse perspectives and contexts of those who use and experience the buildings we design. Often, architects design in a "god-view" from above, overlaying grids and picking up relationships others cannot perceive. Which fails to capture the true experience of the building in its environment. My project aimed to shift this and design from the perspective view outwards while thinking about some of the most primal questions my human brain constantly wonders about.After completing this project I became extremely interested in making mental x-rays of the world I live in, the phenomenon of representation, and Jean Baudrillard‘s theory discussing simulacra, copies or representations of something that has no original, or whose original has been lost or obscured. Simulations and imitations of reality that have become detached from the original reality it is meant to represent. Leading to a situation where the simulation is mistaken for the reality itself, blurring the line between what is real and what is artificial. This idea has significant implications for media, culture, and politics, where images and representations can be used to construct a particular reality or version of events and is something I continue to research and increasingly see the relevance of every day.

Sector(s)
art/design
architecture