Marek Yanai (born 1946) is an Israeli figurative painter and senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.

His work as a painter and a teacher has contributed greatly to the establishing and development of figurative expression in art, design and animation in Israel.

In 1973 and 1974 he studied techniques of the Old Masters in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Art, Madrid.

This series is renowned for his work with patches of color and his ability to reveal the character of the subjects with the use of these marks and strong tones.

[1] The series of landscapes deal with, on the face of it, rather banal and mundane subjects such as solar panels on roofs, gas tanks and washing hanging out to dry.

Pressing them into an interior and surrounding them with shadows to symbolize the inner soul; while the victory of the bright and color-bleaching white in the outdoor landscapes represents the "I-world" relationship.

Craftsmanship is repeatedly exercised as a value leading to personal interpretation and creative self-expression in a variety of media: drawing, oil and watercolor.

The studio promotes working as a group to induce mutual learning and fertile creativity, while encouraging personal choice in artistic expression.