Gavin Jantjes
Gavin Jantjes (born 1948 in District Six, Cape Town) is a South African painter, curator, writer and lecturer.[1]
Life
Jantjes attended the
He moved his studio to Wiltshire, England in 1982. In 1986 he was appointed a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at
He became artistic director of the
In 2004 he joined the
He left the National Museum in 2014 and reopened his studio in Oslo in 2015. He continues to paint, moving between Cape Town, England and Oslo.
Exhibitions
One man shows of work by Gavin Jantjes include:
- 1970 The Artists Gallery, Cape Town
- 1976 Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London and Henie Onstad Art Centre, Hovikodden
- 1977 Provinciehuis, Groningen
- 1978 Kulturhuset, Stockholm
- 1979 Kunsterhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 1980–3, 1986, 1990 Edward Totah Gallery, London
- 1984 Midland Group, Nottingham
- 1985 Black Art Gallery, London
- 1987 Blue Coat Gallery, Liverpool
- 1988 Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry
- 1989 City Museums and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
- 2024 Whitechapel Gallery, London
Collections
Jantjes’ work in is the collections of Tate Britain, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Arts Council Collection; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Coventry City Museum; National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Publications
A Fruitful Incoherence: Dialogues with Artists on Internationalism / [edited by Gavin Jantjes in association with Rohini Malik, Steve Bury and Gilane Tawadros] London: INIVA, 1998.
References
- ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
- ISBN 9781443819053WorldCat no. 551122637.
- Info at: https://web.archive.org/web/20110609232602/http://www.c-s-p.org/flyers/Conspiracy-Dwellings--Surveillance-in-Contemporary-Art1-4438-1905-0.htm
- Amna Malik, “Conceptualizing ‘Black’ British art through the lens of exile”, in Kobena Mercer, Exiles, Diasporas & Strangers. INIVA, 2008. ISBN 9781899846450WorldCat no. 602216574
- “Gavin Jantjes”, South African History Online, http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/gavin-jantjes-0
- "Korabra" Gavin Jantjes short film made by Pogus Caesar for Central Television, UK 1986
External links
Black Artists & Modernism: http://www.blackartistsnodernism.co.uk/dossier/gavin-jantjes/