a field of 22,000 artists representing 51 countries, Gracia was selected as one of five award-winners from France in the Winsor and Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition sponsored by Winsor & Newton and the Prince of Wales. His painting Blue World was included in a worldwide touring exhibition which began at St James's Palace and ended at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Stylistic influences When he first started painting, Gracia was influenced by the American and Japanese hyperrealist painters, and by René Magritte. Exhibitions Paris Institute of Oceanography Exposition Saphir. Le Manège, Saint-Germain-en-Laye Japan Air Lines, Champs-Élysées, Paris Winsor and Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition: World Trade Center, Stockholm; St James's Palace, London; United Nations Headquarters, New York Gallery, Orly Airport, Paris Salon des artistes français Salon d'Igny (guest of honour) Galeries Artitude. Galerie Paradis Paris town halls: 9th, 13th, 3rd arrondissements Town Hall, Châtillon Éspace Maison Blanche, Châtillon Centre Jacques Prévert, Châtillon Town Hall, Le Plessis-Robinson (D'Artagnan on permanent display in council chamber) Le Moulin Fidel. Robinson FNAC Les Halles - Paris Salons Vianey. Paris (permanent exhibit) Galerie du Château. Pau (64) Galerie Leitner. Paris Aquarium de Paris - Cinéaqua Guest of honour at Château de Ferrière (77) Town hall, Tulle (19) Guest of honour at 46th Salon d'Arts Plastiques, Châtillon (2007) Arts and Sciences in Limousin: Town Hall, Aubusson References External links 1959 births Artists from Paris French muralists Living people Trompe-l'œil artists