Grayson Perry Grayson Perry Grayson Perry (born 24 March 1960) is an English contemporary artist. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, 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. He has made a number of documentary television programmes and has curated
Rachel Perry (artist) of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Montclair Art Museum, The Cornell Fine Arts Museum, and the Addison Gallery of American Art, among others. Her first solo museum show, titled was held at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in 2011. Since 2009, Perry has been performing on Twitter, tweeting once per day, every day, the daily life of a working artist in 140 characters exactly. In her DeCordova exhibit, titled "Rachel Perry Welty 24/7" (on view January 29, 2011 - April 24, 2011) the works included focused on aspects of daily life, or what she calls "the business of living," using