Grayson Perry (Born 1960)

Grayson Perry (born 1960) is an English artist, famous for his art and famous for his cross-dressing. Grayson Perry was awarded the Turner prize in 2003 for his brilliant but often shocking ceramic works, the first 'potter' to receive the accolade. Grayson Perry's classically formed vases are decorated in bright colours, depicting disturbing and often uncomfortable subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in Grayson Perry's work, in which images of Grayson Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, often appear. Grayson Perry collected his Turner prize award dressed as his alter ego Claire. more