By Dr Bic Tieu

Journal articles

Tieu B, 2022, 'Graphics and Contemporary Jewellery Making Processes', Journal of Jewellery Research, 5, pp. 53 - 66, https://www.journalofjewelleryresearch.org/current-volume/

Tieu B, 2020, 'The Politics of Vietnamese Craft: American Diplomacy and Domestication', The Journal of Modern Craft, 13, pp. 215 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17496772.2020.1790118

Conference Papers

Tieu B, 2022, 'Designing the In-between: Traversing Biography and Place through Objects', in Saad DQ (ed.), IOTA21 FUTURING CRAFT CONFERENCE - PROCEEDINGS, The Indian Ocean Triennial Australia - IOTA 21, Perth, Western Australia, Curtin University, presented at Indian Ocean Craft Triennal, 'Futuring Craft' IOTA 21 International Conference, Curtin University, 17 February 2022 - 18 September 2021, https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/conference/conference-day-01/

Moline K; Parker A; Tieu B; Vickers C; Watts H, 2019, 'Narratives in the Exhibition of Design: Materials, Processes and Contemporary Challenges', in Narratives in the Exhibition of Design: Materials, Processes and Contemporary Challenges, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, presented at Real/Material/Ethereal: The 2nd Annual Design Research Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 03 October 2019 - 04 October 2019, https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2454453/33_Katherine-Moline,-Alia-Parker,-Bic-Tieu,-Carly-Vickers-and-Harriet-Watts-Narratives-in-the-Exhibition-of-Design-Materials,-Processes-and-Contemporary-Challenges.pdf

Veness ZJ; Tieu B, 2016, 'Poetic Dimensions: Jewellery Conversations about Design Process', Taipei, presented at ICDHS The International Conference on Design History and Design Studies: Making Trans/national Contemporary Design History, Taipei, 26 October 2016 - 28 October 2016, https://www.facebook.com/ICDHS2016Taipei/

Tieu B; Veness Z, 2016, 'Poetic Dimensions: Jewellery Conversations about Design Process', in Wong SW; Kikuchi Y; Lin TS (eds.), Making Trans/National Contemporary Design History, Blucher, Taipei, pp. 238 - 243, presented at ICDHS 2016 TAIPEI | THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN HISTORY & DESIGN STUDIES, Taipei, 26 October 2016 - 28 March 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.5151/despro-icdhs2016-03_011

Parker WA; Tieu B, 2005, 'The Intersection of Lacquer and Laser Technology in Contemporary Jewellery Design', in 2005 IDC: New Design Paradigms - International Design Congress - IASDR 2005, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, presented at IDC: New Design Paradigms - International Design Congress - IASDR 2005 2005, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 01 November 2005 - 04 November 2005

Conference Proceedings (Editor of)

Saad Q, (ed.), 2024, 'Tea leaves, Clouds, Rice: Object Making, Place and Identity', Indian Ocean Craft Triennial Inc, Western Australia, 2024, Western Australia, presented at Futuring Craft: The Value of Craft, Curtin University, School of Design and the Built Environment, 03 September 2024 - 06 September 2024, https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/product/futuring-craft-conference-proceedings-iota24/

Saad DQ, (ed.), 2021, 'Designing the In-between: Traversing Biography and Place through Objects', THE INDIAN OCEAN TRIENNIAL AUSTRALIA-IOTA 21 PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, presented at Futuring Craft IOTA2021 Conference, Curtin University, 17 September 2021 - 18 September 2021, chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IOTA21-conference-proceedings-3_compressed.pdf

Conference Presentations

Tieu B, 2024, 'Tea leaves, Clouds, Rice: Object Making, Place and Identity', presented at Futuring Craft: The Value of Craft, Curtin University, School of Design and the Built Environment, 03 September 2024 - 06 September 2024, https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/conference/presenters/

Tieu B, 2023, 'What does it mean to be a creative Asian-Australian in Southwestern Sydney ?', presented at The 8th Asian Australian Identities Conference, University of Adelaide, 03 November 2023 - 03 November 2023, https://aai8.wordpress.com/about-us/

Tieu B, 2022, 'Connecting Intercultural Values and Making', presented at Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) 2022 conference: Beyond Silver, Exeter University, 01 July 2022 - 03 July 2022, https://acj.org.uk/index.php/2-uncategorised/776-acj-2022-conference-beyond-silver

Tieu B, 2021, 'Crafting and Conversing: In-betweenness through the Making of Objects', presented at Postgraduate Workshop: Asian Art Research Now in association with 2021 AAANZ Conference Emerging Scholars Program, Online, 07 December 2021 - 07 December 2021, https://www.an4aa.org/rhd-2021

Tieu B, 2021, 'In-betweeness Through The Making of Objects', presented at 2021 AAANZ Conference Emerging Scholars Program, The Australian National University, 07 December 2021 - 07 December 2021, https://www.an4aa.org/rhd-2021

Tieu B, 2021, 'Designing the In-between: Traversing Biography and Place through Objects', presented at Futuring Craft International Conference, Curtin University, 17 September 2021 - 19 October 2021, https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/

Tieu B, 2021, 'Thresholds: Connecting Intercultural Values and Making', presented at The JMGA Conference Redistributed: Value Chains Reset, online, 17 August 2021 - 09 October 2021, https://garlandmag.com/value-chains/

Tieu B, 2012, 'Makie the Sprinkling of a Magical History: Making in the New World', presented at MAKING an International Conference on Materiality and Knowledge, Notodden, Norway, 24 September 2012 - 27 September 2012, http://making.nordfo.org/

Tieu B, 2008, 'Lustrous Lacquer: locating lacquer as a medium for contemporary jewellery and objects', presented at JMGA Conference - Inside Out- Jewellery and Object Making Explored in our Region Today,, University of South Australia, 25 January 2008 - 27 January 2008

Curatorial Outputs

Krischer O; Tieu B, 2025, Crafting Life: Stories from the Japanese Studio, exhibited at: Sydney, Australia, 11 April 2025 - 08 November 2025, https://sydney.jpf.go.jp/events/crafting-life/

Tieu B, 2024, Identities in Metal, exhibited at: Alister Yiap Gallery, Perth, 26 September 2024 - 06 October 2024, https://www.jmgawa.com.au/events/identities-in-metal

Vickers C; Tieu B, 2019, Ideas Intersecting: Innovation and Design, exhibited at: The Black Box, UNSW Sydney, 01 March 2019 - 10 March 2019, https://www.ideasintersecting.com/exhibition-1

Tieu B, 2018, Shifts in Japanese Materiality, exhibited at: The Japan Foundation, Sydney, 02 February 2018 - 16 March 2018, https://jpf.org.au/events/shifts-in-japanese-materiality/

Theses / Dissertations

Tieu B, 2022, Objects In-Between: Designing a Visual Language for Traversing Personal Identity, Migration and Intercultural Spaces

Tieu B, 2007, Traditional Vietnamese Lacquering Processes and their Applicaitons to Contemporary Jewellery and Small Scale Body related Objects, The University of New South Wales

Creative Written Works

Tieu B, 2024, Cabramatta: The Nostalgic Poetry of Asian Shops, Garland Magazine: The Stories Behind What We Make, tps://garlandmag.com/article/cabramatta-the-nostalgic-poetry-of-asian-shops/

Tieu B, 2022, The Box: A Magic Object of Objects, Objecthood: The relationship between things and their meanings, Murray K, (ed.), https://garlandmag.com/article/the-box-a-magic-object-of-objects/

Vickers C; Watts H; Parker A; Tieu B, 2019, Placing Process, Ligature Journal Issue 07, Oppen F; Riley K, (ed.), Tiliqua Press, https://www.ligaturejournal.com/issues/ligature-journal-issue-seven-place-mind/

Tieu B; Murray K, 2016, An Orchid in the Desert - The Lacquer Journey of Bic Tieu, Between Auspicious Forms: Contemplative Jewellery and Objects made from Metal and Lacquer, Kha&Chi Publishers, http://kevinmurray.com.au/text/an-orchid-in-the-desert-the-lacquer-journey-of-bic-tieu

Tieu B, 2015, A shimmering Practice:Japanese Lacquer Art, TAASA Review: The Journal of Asian Arts Society, The Asian Arts Society Inc, http://taasa.org.au/taasa-review/

Creative Works (non-textual)

Tieu B, 2025, Drawn to Place: Charms Tracing Home, Memory and Migration, And Still I Rise, Art Gallery of NSW, 08 November 2025 - 10 January 2027, at: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/and-still-i-rise/

Tieu B, 2025, Charms of Fairfield series, The Poetics of Place II, Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, 15 May 2025 - 13 July 2025, at: https://www.attagallery.com/event-works.php?eventId=28794&event=Poetics+of+Place+ll+by+Australian+Artists%2C+Curated+by+Melinda+Young

Tieu B, 2025, Circling Cabramatta (no.2), PROFILE 2025 JMGA-NSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Australian Design Centre, NSW, Australia, 13 March 2025 - 17 May 2025, at: https://australiandesigncentre.com/past-exhibitions-and-events/profile-2025/

Tieu B, 2025, Circling Cabramatta, The Familiar in the Foreign – Jewelry from the Southern Hemisphere, Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany, 13 March 2025 - 17 April 2025, at: https://australiandesigncentre.com/the-familiar-in-the-foreign/

Tieu B, 2024, Cabra Charms, Stitch as Code, School of Design and the Built Environment, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Building 418, Curtin University, 03 September 2024 - 18 September 2024, at: https://indianoceancrafttriennial.com/festival-event/stitch-as-code-exhibition-opening/

Tieu B, 2023, Camelia Sinensis, The Make Award, The Australian Design Centre, The Jam factory, Geelong Gallery., 05 October 2023 - 27 October 2024, medium: Sterling Silver, at: https://makeaward.au/finalists/

Tieu B, 2023, Moving Magnolia, Speculation nation: Making Utopia, Craft + Design Canberra, 18 May 2023 - 01 July 2023, at: https://craftanddesigncanberra.org/blogs/past-exhibitions-2024/speculation-nation-making-utopia

Tieu B, 2023, Charms of Fairfield, Mính, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, 29 April 2023 - 14 October 2023, at: https://www.fcmg.nsw.gov.au/Exhibitions-Events/Past-Exhibitions/2023/M%C3%8CNH

Tieu B, 2023, Object In-between, The Second Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts and Design, Muza Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, 31 March 2023 - 11 November 2023, at: https://www.eretzmuseum.org.il/en/exhibitions/the-tel-aviv-biennale-of-crafts-and-design-2023/

Tieu B, 2022, Flowers Between, 2022 Robert Foster F!NK National Metal Prize, Craft + Design Canberra, 27 October 2022 - 10 December 2022, medium: sterling silver and shakudo,, at: https://craftanddesigncanberra.org/blogs/past-exhibitions-2023/2022-robert-foster-f-nk-national-metal-prize

Tieu B, 2022, Thresholds, 2022 Japan Jewellery Competition, The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 13 June 2022 - 08 June 2022, at: https://www.jjda.or.jp/en/competition/entry-796.html

Tieu B, 2021, Celestial Colours, Solstice - when shadows become shorter and warm days linger., Bilk Gallery, Canberra, 21 November 2021 - 22 December 2021

Tieu B, 2021, Bows, Meditating Through Jewelry, New York City Jewelry Week, 21 November 2021 - 21 November 2021, at: https://nycjewelryweek.com/

Tieu B, 2021, Magical Text, Happy Objects, Australian Design Center, 18 November 2021 - 02 February 2022, at: https://australiandesigncentre.com/past-exhibitions-and-events/exhibition-happy-objects/

Tieu B, 2021, Bows, Meditating through Jewelry, Artist Living Room, New York City Jewelry Week, 16 November 2021 - 21 November 2021, medium: Ebony, Stainless Steel, Sterling Silver, at: https://nycjewelryweek.com/events/#meditating-through-jewelry?eventType=exhibition

Tieu B, 2021, My Patterns, 2021 Cheongju Craft Biennale, Culture Factory, South Korea, 08 September 2021 - 17 October 2021, at: https://www.okcj.org/bbs/board.php?bo_table=past&wr_id=15

Tieu B, 2021, Patterns In-between, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2021, Culture Factory - Cheongju, South Korea, 08 September 2021 - 17 October 2021, at: https://www.okcj.org/%20and%20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=765iQwkkab8

Tieu B, 2021, Mapping Floral Iconography for Translation, Radiant Pavilion: Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, Online, 04 September 2021 - 12 September 2021, at: http://www.radiantpavilion.com.au/

Tieu B, 2019, Mapping Floral Imagery, Ideas Intersecting: Innovation and Design, The Black Box: USW Art & Design, 01 December 2019 - 10 March 2019, medium: Video, at: https://sydneydesign.com.au/2019/event/ideas-intersecting-innovation-and-design/

Tieu B, 2019, Kangaroo Paws Brooches, Contemporary Wearables ’19 Biennial Jewellery Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, 07 September 2019 - 03 December 2019, medium: Sterling Silver, Japanese Lacquer, Plywood, Mother of Pearl Powder, Stainless Steel., at: http://user.tr.qld.gov.au/all-time/81659/exhibition-contemporary-wearables-19-biennial-jewellery-award

Tieu B, 2019, Framing Tea Leaves, Shifts in Japanese Materiality, Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, Canberra, 11 July 2019 - 31 August 2019, medium: Sterling Silver and Shakudo, at: https://craftact.org.au/blogs/exhibition-catalogues/shifts-in-japanese-materiality

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