Yves Palliès was born in the French city of Nantes. Those closest to him say he entered the world brandishing a paintbrush.
Son of a portrait painter and decorator, grandson of a guitarist at the Paris Opera, Palliès' wife is originally from the French town of Cholet.

Yves Palliès spends three years studying art design at Nantes' Ecole des Beaux-Arts art school. Beginning with ink drawings and going on to produce highly figurative water colour paintings, he soon receives awards at all of the regional art exhibitions.
However, this isn't enough for the artist, and it's in order to progress to a higher artistic level that he successfully turns his hand to oil painting, using a palette knife among several other techniques. Finally, a visit to a "trompe-l'œil" exhibition displaying the works of "Jacques Poirier" acts as a trigger mechanism - Palliès is immediately fascinated.

Welcomed to the Parisian studio of his great maestro, Poirier suggests that Palliès conscientiously pursues this discipline and actively encourages him in his works.

Myrtille Cadiou, the widow of another trompe - l'oeil maestro, "Henri Cadiou", travels to Nantes and also encourage Palliès by becoming the patron of his first trompe-l'œil exhibition which is held at Nantes' Espace Culturel (Cultural Centre).

Thanks to his excellent work, his conscientiousness and determination, Palliès enters a new stage in his career. He is then invited to join the Reality Painters' group founded by none other than Henri Cadiou, and participates in the "Au Triomphe du Trompe-l'oeil" exhibition (To the Triumph of Trompe-l'oeil painting) at the Grand Palais in Paris.
He exhibits alongside prestigious artists such as : Poirier, Gilou, Nadine Le Prince, Eléna et Mickaël
Gran, Solnon, etc, where he ranks among the youngest.

Palliès goes on to win award after award : the Gold Medal in 1999 at the French Artists' Salon (of which he is a member) being just one example. In addition, he exhibits works at the Independent Salon, the Autumn Salon and the Comparison Exhibition held at the Grand Palais in Paris.
His ever-increasing notoriety soon surpasses the borders of his native France - effectively after having been awarded a first prize in Osaka (Japan 1994), Palliès is the honorary guest at the Miami Arts Show (Florida, USA, March 1995) where he is awarded the "GRAND PRIX" and for which he designs the exhibition poster.

Only numbering thirty or so artists throughout the world, trompe-l'œil painting not only requires patience but also a definite talent.

Both of these qualities are decidedly present in Yves Palliès permitting him to reveal his timidity and conscientiousness through his works.
Works which leave us as the simple admirers we are and let us dream a little !

And it is the eclecticism of the subjects covered, the perfection of the drawing, the realism of the artist, the humour present in the title of each painting as well as the artist's slightly dissimulated signature - to the extent that looking for it quickly becomes a source of entertainment - which all combine to let the observer dream.
A monograph entitled "L'Oeil-Trompé d'Yves Palliès" (Yves Palliès : The Deceived Eye), written and created alongside his wife and friends will be presented and placed at your disposal in galleries.