Bic Tieu

Bic Tieu is a designer, object maker, and jeweller. She is also a lecturer teaching at the School of Art + Design, UNSW Sydney. She is interested in ways objects are holders of stories, cultures, and knowledge. Bic’s works draw on traditional and contemporary craft and design methods inspired by her Asian-cultural lineages to investigate themes of personal and cross-cultural narratives.

Specialising in traditional and contemporary metal and lacquer technologies, her practice often utilises a synthesis of these materials to create new perspectives on contemporary object making and meanings for a better understanding of cultural diversity within the Asia-Australia context.