Gavin Jantjes

Gavin Jantjes (born 1948) is a South African painter.

A native of Cape Town, Jantjes studied at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art and the Hochschule für bildende Künste, in Hamburg, where he received a master's degree in 1972. A founding member of the German anti-apartheid movement, he served for a time as consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He settled in London in 1982, where he curated a number of exhibitions and lectured a great deal. He served on the advisory board of the Tate Liverpool from 1992 until 1995, and was a trustee of London's Serpentine Gallery from 1995 until 1998. From 1986 until 1990 he was a member of the Arts Council of Great Britain, and served as its consultant for the creation of the Institute of New International Visual Art (INIVA). For this group he coordinated a symposium on "New Internationalism". INIVA also published his book, "A Fruitful Incoherence: Dialogues with Artists on Internationalism". Jantjes became artistic director of Oslo's Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter in 1998, and he currently lives in the Norwegian capital.

References

* [http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/insights/jantjes-artist.html Bio from National Museum of African Art]
* [http://www.oomgallery.net / Archive photographs of Gavin Jantjes in UK 1980's / Pogus Caesar / OOM Gallery]