Pierre Francis spent his childhood years in Northern Moravia, part of the former Czechoslovakia. He obtained his education through the Industrial School for Applied Arts, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and Bratislava.

He settled in Goteborg, Sweden in 1970, where his first one man show took place, following the first participation on the December Salon held in Goteborg Konsthallen. During the upcoming year, the first set of original lithographs were published by the prestigious Grafikhuset Publishing group in Stockholm, leading to a one man show on the International Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland, which became for him an annual event. Participation on additional Art Fairs in Dusseldorf and Cologne, Germany set the stage for a network of dealers, promoting and exhibiting his work outside of Scandinavia, predominately in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, as well as Argentina, South Africa, Israel and Japan.