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Welcome to my website!
Hi, my name is Yaniv.
I have travelled to different parts of the word with my family. I have seen people with a lot of money, and people who have no money.
I think that is not right. I think we need to pay more attention. My art will help you to remember to look at the planet around you.
I hope that my art will make that happen.
About Yaniv Janson
About Yaniv Janson
Yaniv is a young New Zealand artist from the small coastal town of Raglan. His work centres on his great passion for environmental and social issues and this has been reflected in his art works.
Living with both epilepsy and autism, Yaniv doesn't let either dictate who he is. He began painting 16 years ago and creates the work from home, enjoying the freedom of determining his own schedule. He can choose when, where and what to paint and loves that it is something that people all over the world can enjoy.
Being awarded over 18 awards, participating in more than 40 exhibitions and having sold in excess of 180 paintings, Yaniv is far from finished.
Creative New Zealand Supports the 2026 aotearoa tour
Creative New Zealand Supports the 2026 aotearoa tour
Now, with this new support, Yaniv is touring his latest body of work, including Abstract Acrylics across the motu. These bold, sensory paintings are designed to be touched and experienced up close, breaking traditional gallery rules and welcoming a more inclusive and playful connection with art.
A major highlight of the tour is the Community Canvas — a huge collaborative artwork that grows with every stop. Inspired by the participatory spirit of artist Oscar Murillo, the Community Canvas invites people of all ages, abilities, and art experience to add their own marks. It’s creativity powered by mahitahi — coming together to express, connect, and celebrate neurodiversity.
The tour launched at The Arts Village in Rotorua with over 300 participants, and will continue to roll out nationwide, including inDX at Otago Museum — Ōtepoti / Dunedin; Raglan Arts Weekend — Whāingaroa / Raglan; ArtsPost — Kirikiriroa / Hamilton; New Zealand Maritime Museum — Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland …and more to come!
"We’re thrilled to share that Creative New Zealand has awarded Yaniv funding for the second time — recognising his exciting journey as a leading neurodiverse artist from Aotearoa. His first CNZ grant enabled his interactive installation Please Do Touch to tour to Montenegro, Paris, and finally New York, where Yaniv represented New Zealand at the United Nations!
Altogether, more than 1,000 people are expected to participate in person — and many thousands more will follow the journey online. In 2026, the final Community Canvas will tour kura and colleges throughout Aotearoa, ensuring young people see art as a powerful tool for expression, belonging, and inclusion.
This project is all about opening doors, breaking barriers, and showing that art is for everyone — especially those who haven’t always felt welcomed into creative spaces".
People identify with Yaniv's paintings in ways that are new to them. Yaniv goes against the norms when it comes to connecting and interacting with his artworks and invites his viewers to use all of their senses to experience his art. This allows people to feel his artworks have been created especially for them and express their story. Others connect strongly with issues prevalent in his work: the problems humanity faces with global warming, affordable and warm housing and environmental sustainability.
Yaniv has Asperger's syndrome, otherwise known as 'high functioning autism'. Considering his conditions that impair his daily life, Yaniv's unique ability to connect with his audiences through visual language is remarkable. Art has given him a new language, a new mode of expression, a focus, and perhaps a new dimension to his life.
Watch the documentary Yaniv Saves the World below.
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