Galerie BAQ is founded in 2023 in Paris, by Lê Thiên-Bảo and Quinnie Tan, to champion and amplify contemporary art from the world's emerging centres of creativity, working directly with artists with ties to Southeast Asia and its diasporic communities around the world.
From April 2023 to October 2024, Galerie BAQ is run under the artistic direction of Lê Thiên-Bảo, a native of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The gallery focused on artists whose work creates a dialogue with Southeast Asia. Using the geo-culture of Southeast Asia as a method, Galerie BAQ usually collaborates with/places its programmes in different locations, a metaphor of islands in an archipelago, geographically separated yet closely connected. Some of their partners include The Factory Contemporary Art Center (Ho Chi Minh City), POUSH (Aubervilliers), A2Z Art Gallery (Paris), Sa Sa Art Project (Phnom Penh), RUBANAH-Underground Hub (Jakarta) and ATTA Gallery (Bangkok).
From Octorber 2024 onwards, Galerie BAQ is evolving as the co-founding partners launch their individual projects.
Lê Thiên-Bảo is now embarking on a new professional journey as the sole founder and director of Galerie BAO. This new venture will continue to champion innovative, thought-provoking contemporary art, while maintaining her steadfast commitment to the artists who have entrusted her with their work.
Quinnie Tan continues to trun the space at 15 rue Beautreillis to exhibit art works and projects from new curatorial points of view, unbound by geography and tradition.
