Grayson Perry RA (b. 1960)
Grayson Perry RA (b. 1960)
Perry studied at Braintree College of Further Education from 1978 to 1979 and graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic in 1982. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003.
He works in a variety of mediums but is best known as a ceramicist. There is a dissonance between the conventional forms of his vessels and the depictions that adorn them. He uses imagery and text to chronicle social concerns, his own formative experiences and to tell the story of his alter ego, Claire. The tone of his narratives is psychologically complex and often caustic. Although he uses traditional methods to make his pots, he employs a range of techniques, such as embossing and photographic transfers, to create intricate, animated surfaces.
Profile
Printmaker
Born: 1960 in Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Elected RA: 15 March 2011
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Ceramics
Works by Grayson Perry in the RA Collection
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Works associated with Grayson Perry in the RA Collection
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Summer Exhibition 2018
In our 250th year, Grayson Perry RA took the helm to coordinate the world’s longest running and largest open-submission show: the Summer Exhibition.
Famous as the world’s largest open submission show, the Summer Exhibition delivers a panorama of art in all mediums, a remarkable mixture of emerging artists and household names, and more.
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My studio life
Welcome to the studio
A building with history
Cashmere socks
A sad day for Walthamstow
Alan Measles, kiln god
"Everything is contingent"
My Bible
The Essex House
Producing repeat images
Up close
Fragments
This old thing?
"Bikes have always been part of my identity."
"Like the skin of my younger body"
Never knowingly understated
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Gallery
Grayson Perry RA, Artist's Robe, 2004.
Grayson Perry RA, The Rosetta Vase, 2011.
Grayson Perry RA, World Leaders Attend the Marriage of Alan Measles and Claire Perry, 2009.
Grayson Perry RA, World Leaders Attend the Marriage of Alan Measles and Claire Perry, 2009.
Grayson Perry RA, Expulsion from Number 8 Eden Close, 2012.
Grayson Perry RA, Map of Truths and Beliefs, 2011.
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Selected CV
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Recent solo exhibitions
2018 Grayson Perry, KIASMA, Helskinki; touring to Monnaie de Paris, Paris
Grayson Perry: Making Meaning, The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida
The Vanity of Small Differences, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2017 The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!, Serpentine Gallery, London; touring to Arnolfini, Bristol
Making Himself Claire: Grayson Perry’s Dresses, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Grayson Perry: The Life of Julie Cope, Firstsite Gallery, Colchester
2016 Hold Your Beliefs Lightly, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; touring to ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus
2015 Provincial Punk, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Small Differences, Pera Museum, Istanbul
My Pretty Little Art Career, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2014 Who Are You?, National Portrait Gallery, London
Walthamstow Tapestry, Winchester Discovery Centre -
Selected collections
Arts Council Collection
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Brighton & Hove Museums
British Council Collection
The British Library (Map Library)
British Museum
Chelmsford Museum
Crafts Council
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Government Art Collection
House of Commons Collection
Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery)
Manchester City Galleries
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate, London
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut -
Awards
2017 Royal Television Society Programme Award (Best Presenter and Best Arts Programme)
Evening Standard Contemporary Art Prize
Grierson Award (Best Presenter)
2016 Political Studies Association Award
RIBA Honorary Fellowship
GQ Men / Writer of the Year Award
2015 Chancellor of the University of the Arts, London
Trustee of the British Museum
BAFTA (Best Specialist Factual)
2013 BAFTA (Best Specialist Factual)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2003 Turner Prize winner
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Art Sales at the RA
The Island Of Bad Art
Winner of 2003’s Turner Prize, Grayson Perry RA takes a swipe at the art establishment. His etching depicts an ‘island of bad art’ resembling Venice, home to the celebrated contemporary art biennale.
British-born Perry’s etching presents the viewer with a 16th-century style map. And creates the same dissonance between conventional form and personal message the artist achieves in his best-known medium, ceramics. The print is available to buy through Art Sales at the RA.
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