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Biography |
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1960 |
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Born in Chelmsford |
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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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Awards |
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2003 Turner Prize |
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Exhibitions |
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2011 |
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The Art of Mapping curated by TAG Fine Arts, Dover Street, London |
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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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1986 |
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Mandelzoon, Rome |
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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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2007 |
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Tenner for your thoughts, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 11 October 2007 |
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2007 |
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A Turner for the worse, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times, 2 October 2007 |
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2007 |
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Ito Junji, Signature, August-September 2007 |
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2007 |
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Naoko Aono, GQ Japan, June 2007 |
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2007 |
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The Art Newspaper, What’s On (selection) , no 181, June 2007 |
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2007 |
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My civilization: Grayson Perry, Lucy Birmingham Fujii, Metropolis, 22 June 2007 |
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2007 |
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The Daily Yomiuri, 5, 6,7, 8, 9 June 2007 |
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2007 |
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Whu go potty for ceramics?, Janice Blackburn, Financial Times, 26 May 2007 |
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2007 |
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Parodies in Pottery, D. H. Rosen, The Japan Times, 17 May 2007 |
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2007 |
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The Daily Yomiuri, 26, 27, 28, 29 June 2007 |
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2007 |
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Tomorrow’s Old Masters, Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times, 1 April 2007 |
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2006 |
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Grayson Perry: The Charms of Lincolnshire, Louise Taylor, Ceramic Review, November - |
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2006 |
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Dream Factories, Dominic Lutyens, The Observer Magazine, 22 October 2007 |
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2006 |
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Grayson Perry: The Charms of Lincolnshire, Liz Hoggard, Inform |
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2006 |
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Grayson Perry: The charms of Lincolnshire, Marcus Field, Crafts Magazine, September |
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2006 |
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Costume Drama, Javier Pes, Museum Practice, Autumn 2006 |
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2006 |
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The Girlie Show, Caroline Smith, Attitude, August 2006 |
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2006 |
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Ploughman’s bunch, Gabriel Coxhead, Financial Times, 1 August 2006 |
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2006 |
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Lincoln Bounty, Martin Coomer, The Big Issue, 24 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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Could he be stringing us along?, Laura Cumming, The Observer, 16 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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The Charms of Lincolnshire, Sue Hubbard, The Independent, 14 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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Exhibition of the Week, Sarah Kent, Time Out, 12 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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Perry’s Rural Magic Casts the Right Spell, Jonathan Jones, Guardian, 10 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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These are a few of my favourite things, Vinny Lee, The Times (Magazine), 8 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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The chamber of secrets, Waldemar Januszczak, Sunday Times, 6 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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Poetic Perry shows the power of change, Nick Hackworth, Evening Standard, 6 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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The past, through a glass darkly, Charlotte Higgins, Guardian, 5 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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From frocks to smocks: Perry’s show celebrates rustic life, The Independent, 5 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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What should I wear?, Hermione Eyre, Independent on Sunday, 2 July 2006 |
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2006 |
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The Charms of Lincolnshire, Morgan Falconer, World of Interiors, July 2006 |
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2006 |
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The Handmade Tale: The strangely subversive rise of craft in art, Charles Darwent, Modern Painters, July 2006 |
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2006 |
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‘I don’t go out my way to shock’, Alastair Sooke, The Daily Telegraph, June 26 2006 |
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2006 |
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This Much I Know, Observer Magazine, (Interview) Michael Odell, June 25 2006 |
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2006 |
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Lincolnshire Life, The Charms of Lincolnshire, February 2006 |
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2006 |
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Child death and rural voodoo: my delight in the dark side, Grayson Perry, The Times, February 1 2006 |
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2006 |
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Art Review: British Artist’s beautiful ceramics carry pointed messages, Mary Thomas Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 19 2006 |
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2006 |
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Grayson Perry: The Interview, Lynn Barber, The Observer, January 8 2006 |
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2006 |
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Tea with Grayson Perry, Duncan Fallowell, PARKETT, No. 75 |
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2005 |
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Grayson Perry: Urbane Guerrilla?, Shane Enright, Ceramics Monthly, March 2005 |
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2004 |
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how fragile we are, Mark Hooper, I-D Magazine, November |
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2004 |
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Savaged by ceramics, Lisa Jardine, T2 (Times Supplement), October 20 |
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2004 |
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Grayson’s still hot to pot, Caroline Boucher, Observer Review, October 17 |
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2004 |
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Turner Prize winner charts his insecurities in pottery, Arifa Akbar, The Independent, October 15 |
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2004 |
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Potty about dressing up, Rosie Millard, The Times (body & soul), October 9 |
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2004 |
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Perry Potter and the glittering prize, Charlotte Cripps, Independent, September 27 |
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2004 |
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Pots of Gold, Tony Magnusson, Pol Oxygen, June |
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2004 |
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Pot Head, Beatrice Colin, Black Book, Fall Issue |
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2003 |
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He’s not as Potty as he looks, Raphel Campbell-Johnston, The Times, December 9 |
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2003 |
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Transvestite Potter Wins Turner Prize in Art, Alan Riding, The New York Times, December 8 |
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2003 |
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Dressed for success, Luke Leitch, Evening Standard, December 8 |
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2003 |
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Grayson Perry a surprise winner, Louise Jury, The Independent, December 8 |
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2003 |
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Ceramics with a social Agenda, Peter Aspden, Financial Times, December 8 |
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2003 |
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Frock Tactics, Jessica Berens, The Observer Magazine, November 21 |
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2003 |
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Top of the Pots, Stuart Jeffries,The Guardian, November 21 |
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2003 |
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Turner at 20, Tate Magazine, November |
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2003 |
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Constant change can track…, Rachel Campbell Johnson, The Times, May 30 |
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2003 |
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Pisk geniusza, Malgorzata Sadowska, Przekroj, Nr 28/3029, 13 July |
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2002 |
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What a Clay Day, by Damien Hirst, Tatler. Oct |
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2002 |
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Potter of the perverse. Rhoda Koenig. The Independent Review Sept |
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2002 |
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It’s all wearing thin. Waldemar Januszczak. Sunday Times Magazine. Sept |
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2002 |
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Him and her big feats of clay. John Preston. The Sunday Telegraph. Sept |
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2001 |
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The Provocative Potter. Maria Alvarez. Telegraph Magazine. |
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2001 |
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New Labour, catalogue, published by Saatchi Gallery, London |
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2001 |
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Fig One, published in association with Tate Magazine |
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2000 |
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Perry: perturbing, perverse or just potty? Rachel Cambell Johnson. The Times April |
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2000 |
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Trials of a transvestite potter. Simon Grant Evening Standard. April |
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2000 |
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British Ceramics, Edited by Lise Seisboll, Rhodos |
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2000 |
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The British Art Show 5, Hayward Gallery Publishing |
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2000 |
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Protest and Survive, published by the Trustees of the Whitechapel Gallery |
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2000 |
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Moving Targets 2, Louisa Buck, Tate Gallery Publishing |
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1999 |
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Grayson Perry, David Gill ed., London |
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1999 |
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The Complete Practical Potter, Josie Warshaw, Anness Publishing Ltd |
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1999 |
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British Studio Potters' Marks, Eric Yates-Owen and Robert Fournier, A & C Black |
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1999 |
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Craft, Text by Simon Watney, etal, Richard Salmon Edward Sq. Studios |
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1996 |
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Objects of our Time, Text Martina Margets, Crafts Council |
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1996 |
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Hot off the Press, Text by Paul Scott and Terry Bennett |
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1995 |
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The Art of the Potter, text by Garth Clark, Garth Clarke Gallery, New York |
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1995 |
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Moving Targets, Text Louisa Buck, Tate Gallery Publications |
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1993 |
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The Raw and the Cooked, text by Marina Margets, Barbican Art Gallery |
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1992 |
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Cycle of Violence - Grayson Perry, Atlas Press, London |
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1987 |
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Grayson Perry: Ceramics, text by Grayson Perry, Birch & Conran, London |
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