Bic Tieu

Maker Member

Metals

Bic Tieu is an academic at the University of NSW with a contemporary jewellery/object design practice. She is also a PhD research candidature at the Australian National University. Bic’s exhibition work is very much influenced by the sensibility of the aesthetics and diaspora in Asian art. Her works investigates these visual languages and esoteric ideas within the parameters of contemporary jewellery and objects to reference transnational influences and identity. Bic engages with interdisciplinary approach often synthesizing traditional art methods and digital technology combined with Japanese lacquer application to create forms and surfaces that merge these ideas together.

 

top image: Bic Tieu, Mapping Floral Imager (ring), 2018. Sterling silver, fine silver, copper, Japanese lacquer and Paua Shell. 70 x 60 x 5mm. Photo: Gavino Pili. 
second image: Bic Tieu, Moon Light Sea (series), 2017. Sterlling silver, copper, Urushi, Mother of Pearl, gold leaf, stainless steel. All within 60 x 45 x 28mm. 
cover image: Bic Tieu, Circling Dimensions, 2016. Copper, Japanese lacquer and shell. 62 x 42 diameter mm.