Gavin Jantjes is an artist from South Africa and current curator of contemporary international exhibitions at the National Museum of Art Architecture and Design in Oslo. He was the former artistic director of Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter and has served as a council member of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1986 to 1990. He was a trustee of the Whitechapel and Serpentine Galleries and an adviser to the Tate Gallery in the UK. He was a member of the Finding Commission for Documenta 13. He has written catalogue essays for, amongst others, Marlene Dumas, Yinka Shonibare, Carlos Capelan, David Goldblatt, Susan Hiller, Harun Farocki and Nicholas Hlobo.