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Grayson Perry Biography
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Braintree College of Further Education, Art Foundation Course
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Portsmouth Polytechnic, Fine Art BA
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Lives and works in London
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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My Civilisation, Mudam, Luxembourg (solo)
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2008
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Unpopular Culture (curated by Grayson Perry, touring exhibition), de la Warr Pavilion (solo)
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2008
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Demons, Yarns and Tales, The Dairy, London
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2008
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Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger, American Folk Art Museum, New York
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2007
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My Civilisation, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (solo)
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2006
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The Charms of Lincolnshire, Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo)
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2006
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The Charms of Lincolnshire, The Collection, Lincoln (solo)
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2006
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Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (solo)
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2006
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Designing Truth, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum – Zentrum Internationaler Skulptur, Duisburg
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2006
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The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2005
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Reveal, Nottingham’s Contemporary Textiles, Nottingham Castle off Maid Marian Way
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2005
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Fairy Tales Forever, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
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2005
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Mixed-Up Childhood, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
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2005
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Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice (solo)
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2004
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Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo)
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2004
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Collection Intervention, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives (solo)
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2004
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A Secret History of Clay from Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool
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2003
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The Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London
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2003
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For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
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2003
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Thatcher, The Blue Gallery, London
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2001 - 2003
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The East Wing Collection, Courtauld Institute, London
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2002
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Guerilla Tactics, Barbican Art Gallery, London, Sept 21 - Nov 3 (solo)
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2002
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Guerilla Tactics, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam May 18 - Aug 25 (solo)
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2001 - 2002
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Sense of Occasion, MAC, Birmingham
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2001
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New Labour, Saatchi Gallery, London
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2001
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Sense of Occasion, Birmingham and other centres around UK until 2002
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2001
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La Altra Brittania Tecla Sala, Barcelona
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2001
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Self Portraya, Group show at Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
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2001
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Carts and Rafts, Camberwell College, London
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2000
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Fig-1, London (solo)
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2000
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Sensation, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London (solo)
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2000
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Protest and Survive, Whitechapel Gallery, London
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2000
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British Art Show 5 curated by the Hayward Gallery touring to Edinburgh (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Botanical Garden, City Art Centre, Talbot Rice Art Gallery, Stills Gallery, Fruit Market Gallery), Southampton (Southampton City Art Gallery, John Hansard Gallery, Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute), Cardiff (National Museum of Wales, Centre for Visual Arts, Chapter), Birmingham (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Ikon Gallery)
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1999
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Plate Show, Collins Gallery, Glasgow
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1999
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Contained Narrative, Garth Clark Gallery, New York
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1999
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Hydra Foundation, Greece
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1999
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541 Vases, Pots, Sculptures and Services, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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1999
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Decadence, Crafts Council, London
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1998 - 1999
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Over the Top, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, touring show
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1998
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Glazed Expressions, Orleans House
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1997 - 1998
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Craft, Richard Salmon Gallery, London, Kettles Yard, Cambridge
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1996 - 1997
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Hot Off The Press, Tullie House, Carlisle, Glasgow, Norwich, Croydon Clock Tower, Crafts Council, London
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1996 - 1997
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Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London (solo)
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1990 - 1997
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Objects of Our Time, Crafts Council, London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, American Crafts Museum, New York
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1996
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Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
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1996
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Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
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1996
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Philippe Rizzo Gallery, Paris
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1993 - 1995
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The Raw and the Cooked, Barbican Art Gallery, London and touring to Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Swansea, Shigarake Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan, Museum of Dunkirk
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1994
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Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London (solo)
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1994
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Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris (solo)
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1991 - 1992
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David Gill Gallery, London (solo)
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1991 - 1992
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Fine Cannibals, Oldham Art Gallery and touring to University of Lancaster, Stockport Art Gallery, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
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1991
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York (solo)
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1990
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Birch & Conran, London (solo)
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1990
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Words and Volume, Garth Clark Gallery, New York
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1989
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Nishi Azabu Wall, Tokyo (commission by Nigel Coates)
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1988
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Read Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio
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1988
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Birch & Conran, London (solo)
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1987
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Birch & Conran, London (solo)
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1986
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The Minories, Colchester, Essex (solo)
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1985
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Gallozi e La Placa, New York
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1985
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Essex Artists, Epping Forest Museum and Minories, Colchester, Essex
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1985
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James Birch Gallery, London (solo)
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1984
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James Birch Gallery, London (solo)
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1983
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Ian Birksted Gallery, London10 – 6 = 8
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1981 - 1982
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Young Contemporaries, ICA, London
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| Literature |
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2008
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Glad to be grey, Grayson Perry (catalogue essay), The Guardian, 23 April 2008
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2008
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An Insider Perspective on an Outsider Artist, Ken Johnson, The New York Times, 18 April 2008
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2008
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The Way I See It: Grayson Perry, The New Statesman, 3 April 2008
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2008
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Grayson Perry: My Civilisation, Katie Kitamura, Contemporary
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2008
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Old Hat or the New Bag? Charles Darwent Art Review April 2008
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2008
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The Last Word: Grayson Perry on Britishness, Art World, June/July 2008
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2008
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A treasure trove of gritty Britishness, Rupert Christiansen, The Daily Telegraph, 28 May 2008
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2008
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Eee, it were grim back then, Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times, 18 May 2008
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2008
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Modesty blaze, Tom Lubbock, The Independent, 19 May 2008
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2008
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A land of loners, misfits and Mrs Thatcher. Richard Cork, The Independent on Sunday, 11 May 2008
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2008
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Before all the shouting started, Sean O’Hagen, The Observer, 11 May 2008
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2008
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The face of a nation – but is it ours?, Mark Brown, The Guardian, 5 May 2008
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2008
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Lunch with the FT: Grayson Perry, Rebecca Rose, The Financial Times, 3 May 2008
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2008
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The Neglected Heroes of British Art, Tom Lubbock, The Independent, 2 May 2008
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2008
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Uncool Britannia, Blake Morrison, The New Statesman, 1 May 2008
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2007
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Censorship is based on fear, not sensitivities towards ethnic minorities, Grayson Perry, The Art Newspaper, December 2007
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