Pascal Vinardel was born on April 29, 1951 in Casablanca, in Morocco of the French protectorate which he will keep the nostalgia. Coming from a family of intellectuals and musicians, he moved very early towards painting. Returning to France in 1965, he continued his studies at the Lycée Janson de Sailly in Paris, and after obtaining a bachelor's degree in 1969, he was admitted to the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, where he was awarded degree in 1972.