Tea Bičić was born in 1979. After completing the School of Applied Arts and Design in Pula, she graduated in painting at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Venice, under the mentorship of Professor Paolo Tessari.
She has been exhibiting solo since 1996 and has had 44 solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 group exhibitions both in Croatia and abroad.
She has received numerous awards for her work, participated in several international art colonies, and her works are part of many museum, gallery, and private collections.
Since 2006, she has worked in art galleries as a program director, first in Pula (MMC Luka Gallery), and later in Labin (City Gallery of Labin). In 2012, she co-founded the POOLA Gallery in Pula, together with academic painters Bojan Šumonja and Robert Pauletta.
From 2017 to 2022, she was the vice-president of the Mediterranean Sculpture Symposium Association in Labin, chaired the Expert Council, and led the artistic program of the international sculpture symposium at the Dubrova Sculpture Park near Labin.
She is a member of HDLU (Croatian Association of Visual Artists), HDLUI (Croatian Association of Visual Artists of Istria), and CEA (Concilio Europeo dell'Arte).
She primarily works in painting and interior decoration. She lives in Labin, where her studio is located.
