Gavin Jantjes

Gavin Jantjes completed his studies at Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town in 1969. A year later, he left South Africa on a scholarship to the Hochschule für Bildende Künste , in Hamburg, Germany, where he remained until1982, choosing not to return to apartheid South Africa.

He moved to Britain where he curated a number of exhibitions, lectured widely and served on the advisory boards of several galleries. Jantjes has had several solo exhibitions as well as participated in group shows, in Europe, South Africa, Cuba and the United States.
He has since returned to live in South Africa.