Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
Ceramist, performance artist and writer, who studied at Portsmouth College of Art, 1979–82. His many group shows included Young Contemporaries, ICA, 1982; Ian Birksted Gallery, 1983; Gallozi e La Placa, New York, America, 1985; Nishi Azabu Wall, Tokyo, Japan, Nigel Coates Commission, 1989; Fine Cannibals, Oldham Art Gallery tour, 1992; Objects of our Time, Crafts Council tour, 1997–8; and Protest & Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2000. Among Perry’s solo shows were James Birch Gallery, from 1984; Birch & Conran, from 1986; Anthony d’Offay Gallery, from 1994; and Laurent Delaye Gallery and Fig-l, both 2000; and Guerilla Tactics, at Barbican Centre, 2002. The Crafts Council; Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Shigarake Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan; Hydra Foundation, Greece; Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent; Museum of Modern Art, Glasgow; and Saatchi Collection hold examples.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
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InSight No. LXIX
Grayson Perry | Map of Nowhere and The American Dream May 12, 2021Piano Nobile’s new exhibition Grayson Perry: Ceramics and Prints includes two examples of the artist’s map-like works. InSight considers the origins and iconography of this...Read more -
InSight No. LXVIII
Grayson Perry | Essex, Middlesex, Sussex and Layers of Meaninglessness May 4, 2021To coincide with Piano Nobile’s Frieze New York Viewing Room and a new exhibition, Grayson Perry: Ceramics and Prints, InSight considers the artist’s early ceramics...Read more -
Grayson Perry and Cathie Pilkington at Piano Nobile Kings Place
London November 12, 2019The artists Grayson Perry and Cathie Pilkington have awarded prizes for this year's Outside In National Exhibition, 'Environments'. The exhibition is being held at Piano...Read more
