Shanice Aga is a Khoja-American designer, and visual artist. A trained architect and material culturalist, she is inspired by (ancient→pop) cultural phenomena and human expression.
McLean, 2023-24
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.
Studio, 2024
Studio Magazine is a publication released by VCUarts every year highlighting student, alumni and faculty news, recent work and other stories/accomplishments.
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.
Viewbook, 2024
HOYEHH, 2023
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 references
Museum Signage, 2023
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.