Sir 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. Perry was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to contemporary art. He was awarded a Knighthood (Knight Bachelor) for services to the Arts in the 2023 King’s New Year Honours.

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.

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Royal Academician

Printmaker

Born: 1960 in Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

Nationality: British

Elected RA: 15 March 2011

Gender: Male

Preferred media: Ceramics

Works by Sir Grayson Perry in the RA Collection

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