Born on a boat in the middle of the Baltic Sea, Pierre d'Alancaisez grew up in Poland, France, and the UK. He studied at the University of Oxford and Central Saint Martins. He started working with photography contributing to editorial material to lifestyle magazines, and working as an art editor.

After working with artists in London and Europe, in 2008 d'Alancaisez founded waterside contemporary, an indepenent art gallery in East London working with a selection of some of today's most exctiting artists.