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[[File:Yaniv Janson photo4b.jpg|thumb|Yaniv Janson [Photo: Maya Zilberberg]
 * left]]At the age of 16, Yaniv was the youngest double finalist in the 2008 Trust Waikato National Contemporary Arts Award and the Wallace Trust Arts Award. At the age of 19, he was the youngest artist invited into the NZ Academy of Fine Arts.

Yaniv uses visual language to pose questions that resonate with an emotional impact: what will our communities look like if we continue on the paths of environmental and social un-sustainability? He uses art to raise awareness about environmental and social issues and move audiences to create change.

Yaniv Janson lives in New Zealand. He has exhibited in over 40 exhibitions, in 4 countries, receiving over 18 awards, scholarships and sponsorships. He has sold over 140 paintings and his work is collected here and abroad, as identified in over 20 media articles published about him in countries where he exhibits. He was the first Kiwi to be invited by the Paris-based Eg’Art organisation providing direct exposure to the European Community Association that implements the UN Conventions on Human Rights about disability.

Based in Hamilton, he reaches global audiences through books that combine social change, art, and education. His second book ‘Changing the World – One Painting at a Time’ was adopted by international organisations such as the UNESCO as an educational resource.

Awards and Scholarships
2015

National Youth Art Award, Best Abstract prize

Attitude Awards, Finalist, Artistic Achievement

30 under 30 Award, Hamilton City Council, Artistic Achievement

Wallace Art Awards, Finalist

Taking Action! Grant, SOFRANA

2014

Attitude Awards, Finalist, Artistic Achievement

Creative NZ grant, Creative Communities: Social integration artistic collaboration

2013

Eleos Trust grant

Fairey Trust grant

2011

Eat Your Art Out, Finalist, Uxbridge Creative Centre

National Youth Art Award, Finalist, Waikato Society of Arts

TLC: International School of Art & Creativity, Scholarship

Artistic Development grant, Creative Hamilton

2010

Recognyz Youth Awards, Finalist, Youth Council/Hamilton City Council

Arts Waikato, scholarship

Variety Gold scholarship

2009

Highly Commended Award, Great Waikato Art Show

Recognyz Youth Awards (Hamilton City Council) Arts category

National Youth Art Awards, Waikato Society of Arts

Wheeler Trust grant

Eleos Trust grant

2008

Trust Waikato National Contemporary Arts Award, Finalist

17th James Wallace Trust Arts Award, Finalist

Solo Exhibitions
2014

Beehives Hidden in Trees (part 2), Experience Comvita, Te Puke [Sept-Oct]

Beehives Hidden in Trees, ArtsPost Gallery, Waikato Museum, Hamilton [July-August]

2013

Back to Haifa, Naamat Gallery, Haifa, Israel [till end 2014]

The Depot ArtSpace, New Zealand in the Mind's Eye, Devonport [Oct]

2011

Our Changing World, Galerie Le Vieux Forgeron, Stanstead, Canada [July]

2010

Global Warning - Sustainability in Balance, Massey University, College of Business: Sustainability Workshop: Business Case for Social and Environmental Responsibility, Albany [Nov; Artist in Residence]

Climate Chains, Waikato Management School, Hillcrest [Oct; Artist in Residence]

The World According to… Wallace Arts Foundation, Morrinsville [Nov]

Visualising Climate Change, ArtsPost, Waikato Museum [Sept]

The Joy of Colour, Bet Aba Hushi Cultural Centre, Haifa, Israel [May]

2009

Climate room, Pomegranate Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand [Dec-Oct]

Climatic Perspectives, Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel [Oct]

2008

Natural Worlds, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington [Aug]

TheWorks, SANDZ Gallery, Frankton Village, Hamilton [Apr]

Selected Group Exhibitions
2015

Wallace Art Award, Finalist [Sept-Oct]

National Youth Art Award, Waikato Museum [Sept]

2014

Our Bees, Cottlestone Gallery, Tauranga [Dec]

Outsider Art Fair, Auckland [Nov]

In Bee Tween, Hamilton Garden’s Art Festival [Feb]

2013

ET CETERA, The Depot ArtSpace, Devonport [Nov]

Pandora's box, Hastings Community Art Centre [April - May]

Crowded Heads, Auteur House, Hamilton [March-April]

2012 Festivities, Wallace Morrinsville Gallery, Morrinsville [Dec-Jan]

'On the Line', North Shore Hospital Exhibition [Dec-Feb]

Yaniv, Aotea Square, Conference Centre, AutismNZ Annual Conference [Sept]

2011	

Latitude, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, California [Oct-Nov]

Fall Exhibition Guest Artist, The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington [May]

Facets of Creativity, Waikato Society of Arts Exhibition, ArtsPost, Hamilton [March]

2010	

Chemins Croises, Galerie Celal, Paris [Dec]

Annual Spring Art Exhibition, Anderson Park Gallery, Invercargill [Sept]

Creativity Square, Waikato Society of Arts Member Exhibition, Hamilton [Sept]

A Passion for Art - Waikato Society of Arts, ArtsPost, Hamilton [March]

2009	

Great Waikato Art Show, ArtsWaikato, Hamilton [Sept; Highly Commended]

National Youth Art Award, RiverMall Gallery, Hamilton [Sept; finalist]

Telecom IHC Arts Awards 2009, SANDZ Gallery, Frankton Village [July]

Transfusion, Waikato Museum & Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton [July]

Our Space, Te Papa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington [April; multimedia exhibition]

17th James Wallace Trust Art Awards, Auckland [July-Oct; finalist]

The Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award and exhibition, Whakatane [Oct]

2008	

WAIPRINT 2008 - Waikato Society of Arts, Thornton Gallery, Hamilton [Sept]

National Contemporary Arts Award, Waikato Museum, Hamilton [Aug- Dec; finalist]

Waikato Society of Arts Members Exhibition, Waikato Museum, Hamilton [June]

Collections
James Wallace Arts Trust

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts

Waikato District Health Board

Media
Mentioned in over 35 media publications: list here.

Moving image
Yaniv Saves the World Documentary, Mandelberg J, WINTEC Presented at the 2011 Expanding Documentary conference]. See trailer here.

Studies
2009-11 Dip. Art and Creativity (Hnrs.), TLC: International School of Art and Creativity, Wellington

Publications
Yaniv Janson (2014) Beehives Hidden in Trees (ISBN-10: 1499668317)

Yaniv Janson (2013) Since the Beginning (ISBN-10: 1483959031)

Yaniv Janson (2010) Changing the World – One Painting at a Time (ISBN-10: 1451547013)

Yaniv Janson (2009) Portfolio (ISBN-10: 1449512933)