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Quinnie SG Tan has built a career that enhances cities, celebrates the complexity of identities, and builds cross-cultural understanding. For 16 years, Quinnie served as a trusted policy advisor and senior administrator on complex civic projects involving affordable housing, streetcar expansion and waterfront redevelopment in the Seattle area. Since 2019, Quinnie SG Tan has been based in Paris, France, where she co-founded a contemporary art gallery that champions and amplifies contemporary art from the world's emerging centers of creativity.