Having studied at the École de Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the Université de Vincennes in Paris, he taught in the art history department of the University of Montreal for more than twenty years (1975-1997) until his death in Montreal.
As a sculptor, his works are mainly abstract semi-representational pieces, many in aluminum. He was highly influential in the Quebec art world in the field of integrating art and architecture. Some of his public artworks include:
Système, a huge suspended geometric system in Namur metrostation, Montreal;
Comme si le temps... de la rue, an ensemble of symbolic aluminum free-standing sculptures in a large fountain basin visible from the exterior and interior of Place des Arts, Montreal;
32 fois passera, le dernier s'envolera, a collection of vertical glass screens with plant forms in aluminum, symbolising education, in the courtyard of the Pavillon J-A-de Sève, UQAM, Montreal;
Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle, an allegorical representation of Montreal history, at the McCord Museum, McGill University, Montreal;
Lieu re-découvert, an environmental intervention of a variety of truncated pyramid shapes, Le Gardeur hospital, Repentigny, Quebec;
Égalité / équivalence, a grouping of sculptures representing dogs, winged men, and gardens, Laval University, Quebec City;
Mémorial du Canada, a war memorial in Green Park, London.
L'exposition PierreGranche présente une rétrospective de ce sculpteur qui a laissé son empreinte dans le monde de l'histoire de l'art québécois et canadien.
PierreGranche a été un pédagogue averti (professeur- chercheur à l'Université de Montréal où il a participé à la création du programme d'arts plastiques), un artiste majeur et un pionnier dans l'intégration architecturale.
Public art is art that is exposed in a public space, either an outdoor location or in a publicly accessible building.
Public artists range from the greatest masters such as Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miró, to artists who specialize in public art such as Claes Oldenburg and PierreGranche, to anonymous artists who make surreptitious interventions.
Public art is usually installed with the authorization and collaboration of the government or company that owns or administers the space.
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