Born in Jerusalem, Israel. Yoav Horesh has lived the United States since 1997 and holds a diploma from the New England School of Photography, a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from New York's Columbia University.

He has exhibited internationally in Israel, Italy and the United States. Solo and group exhibitions including the Palazzo Reale di Milano, Jerusalem National Theater, Nathan Bernstein gallery (NYC), Office Ops with Amnesty International, Columbia University and the Photographic Resource Center in Boston among other venues.

Yoav has been the recipient of the Mortimer Frank Travel Award, the Agnes Martin and M. Roche scholarships and other awards from the Rhode Island Photographic Society, Santa Barbara Photography Award and Agora Gallery International Competition award. Currently, Yoav is also on the photography faculty at Mass College of Art in Boston and Columbia University in New York.