Yair Garbuz was born in Givataim in 1945.Garbuz began to exhibit his paintings in 1967. Since then, his works have been featured in dozens of one-man shows and group exhibitions in Israel and around the world. His paintings are featured in important private and public collections in Israel and abroad.

Among his many pursuits, he writes about art and is an editor of the satirical Davar Aher supplement (first appearing in the newspaper Davar, and later in Yediot Ahronot), an editor of the “Intimate Report” television program on culture, and edits and presents programs and columns on culture and society - on radio, television, and the press, including a personal editorial he delivers on the Tik Tikshoret program on Israel Educational Television.