Gavin Jantjes
Biography
Gavin Jantjes is an artist who has exhibited internationally. Born in Cape Town South Africa, he was educated at University of Cape Town, and at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg, Germany.
He was a council member of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1986 to 1990. During this time he was responsible for the development of the Arts Council's policy on cultural diversity set out in the report "Toward Cultural Diversity". In 1992 he was the Arts Council's consultant for the creation of the Institute of International Visual Art (inIVA) and co-ordinated the "New Internationalism" symposium for inIVA with the Tate Gallery in May of 1994.
He has served as a trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery from 1986 to 1994. He was an adviser to the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, from 1992 to 95 and a trustee of the Serpentine Gallery, London, from 1995 -98.
He held a senior lectureship at Chelsea College of Art, The London Institute, from 1986 to 1998.
In 1998 he was appointed as the Artistic Director of the Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, Norway. In 2000 he initiated the "Oslo Open" for the city of Oslo and has been an advisor to the Norwegian Arts Council since 1999. He is a member of the appointments committee for Documenta 12.
His essays and lectures have been published in many national and international publications and art journals. His curatorial research on internationalism has shaped the program at Henie Onstad art Centre and is outlined in "A Fruitful Incoherence: dialogues with artists on internationalism" published by inIVA London.