Estúdio Agá

Estúdio Agá sells contemporary art applied to everyday objects, run out of a shop on Rua Direita de Santo Antônio in the Santo Antônio Além do Carmo neighborhood of Salvador, Bahia. Its catalog is built almost entirely around illustrated prints of Bahian subject matter: the Elevador Lacerda, the Farol da Barra and Farol de Itapuã lighthouses, the Igreja do Bonfim, and carrancas, the carved wooden figureheads traditionally mounted on riverboats in the Brazilian Northeast, alongside imagery tied to Yemanjá and other elements of Afro-Brazilian cultural iconography. Rather than stopping at wall art, the studio applies the same illustrations to canvas beach cangas (the sarongs worn across Brazilian beach culture), caps, and t-shirts, so the same Bahian motifs move between a living-room print and something worn on the street. Most designs are sold as individual prints priced by size, with the shop's range running from small-format pieces to larger statement prints of the same image. The effect is a single visual language, rooted specifically in Salvador's landmarks, festivals, and folklore, applied consistently across paper, fabric, and clothing rather than treating prints and wearables as separate product lines. For visitors looking for Bahia-specific design rather than generic Brazilian souvenir imagery, Estúdio Agá's catalog reads as a single illustrator's take on the city, repeated across formats.