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Grayson Perry
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Grayson Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, drawing us in with wit, affecting sentiment and nostalgia as well as, at times, fear and anger. In his work, Perry tackles subjects that are universally human: identity, gender, social status, sexuality, religion. Autobiographical references – to the artist’s childhood, his family and his transvestism – can be read in tandem with questions about décor and decorum, class and taste, and the status of the artist versus that of the artisan. Perry uses the seductive qualities of ceramics and other art forms to make stealthy comments about society, its pleasures as well as its injustices and flaws, and to explore a variety of historical and contemporary themes. He works with traditional media such as ceramics, cast iron, bronze, printmaking and tapestry, and is interested in how each historic category of object accrues intellectual and emotional baggage over time.
Work by the artist is held in museum collections worldwide, including The British Museum, London; Tate Collection, London; Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam; Victoria & Albert Museum, London and Yale Center for British Art, New Haven among many others
Winner of the 2003 Turner …
Grayson Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, drawing us in with wit, affecting sentiment and nostalgia as well as, at times, fear and anger. In his work, Perry tackles subjects that are universally human: identity, gender, social status, sexuality, religion. Autobiographical references – to the artist’s childhood, his family and his transvestism – can be read in tandem with questions about décor and decorum, class and taste, and the status of the artist versus that of the artisan. Perry uses the seductive qualities of ceramics and other art forms to make stealthy comments about society, its pleasures as well as its injustices and flaws, and to explore a variety of historical and contemporary themes. He works with traditional media such as ceramics, cast iron, bronze, printmaking and tapestry, and is interested in how each historic category of object accrues intellectual and emotional baggage over time.
Work by the artist is held in museum collections worldwide, including The British Museum, London; Tate Collection, London; Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam; Victoria & Albert Museum, London and Yale Center for British Art, New Haven among many others
Winner of the 2003 Turner Prize, Perry was elected a Royal Academician in 2012, and received a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2013; he has been awarded the prestigious appointments of Trustee of the British Museum and Chancellor of the University of the Arts London (both in 2015), and received a RIBA Honorary Fellowship in 2016.
Courtesy of Victoria Miro
Born 1960
Hometown Chelmsford, UK
Lives and Works London, UK
Education
BA Fine Art, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth, UK, 1982
Art Foundation Degree, Braintree College of Further Education, Essex, UK, 1979
Permanent Collection
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Art Council Collection, London, UK
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Brighton & Hove Museums, Hove, UK
British Council Collection, London, UK
The British Library, London, UK
British Museum, London, UK
Chelmsford Museum, Chelmsford, UK
The Collection, Lincoln, UK
Crafts Council, London, UK
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, NY
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK
Government Art Collection, London, UK
House of Commons Collection, London, UK
Leeds Museums and galleries, Leeds, UK
Manchester City Galleries, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, NY
Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham, UK
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tate Collection, London, UK
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
Representing Galleries
Victoria Miro, London, UK
Works Available for Purchase
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