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Grayson Perry

1960 - Today

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Grayson Perry is an English artist. Known for ceramic vases, tapestries, and transvestism as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Grayson Perry is the 129th most popular artist (down from 124th in 2024), the 7,667th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,112th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Grayson Perry ranks 129 out of 125. Before him are Patricia Piccinini, Petr Pavlensky, Emily Jacir, Abel Azcona, Manal Al Dowayan, and Mariam Ghani. After him are Xu Li, Dave Dave, Ludmila Christeseva, and Lida Abdul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Grayson Perry ranks 829. Before him are Mark Takano, Bill McKibben, Anne-Marie Johnson, Jennifer Holliday, Jeanette Bolden, and Tanvi Azmi. After him are Sean B. Carroll, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Wendee Lee, Mike Turner, Ashley Crow, and Michèle Flournoy.

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, Grayson Perry ranks 11. Before him are Damien Hirst (1965), Mary Delany (1700), Eric Gill (1882), Cassandra Austen (1773), John Butler Yeats (1839), and Rachel Whiteread (1963).

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