Biography grayson perry

English artist, writer and broadcaster (born )

Sir Grayson PerryCBE RA Hon&#;FRIBA (born 24 March ) is an English artist. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries,^[1] and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles".^[2]

Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance.

There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, and "Alan Measles", his childhood teddy bear, often appear. He has made a number of documentary television programmes and has curated exhibitions.^[2] He has published two autobiographies, Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl () and The Descent of Man (), written and illustrated a graphic novel, Cycle of Violence (), written a book about art, Pla