Grayson Perry has been knighted as part of the New Year Honours list (Picture: David Levenson/Getty)
Grayson Perry has been knighted as part of the New Year Honours list.
The 62-year-old artist, writer, and broadcaster – who is known for his tapestries, ceramic works, and cross-dressing – has been made a Knight Bachelor for services to the arts.
Unveiled just after Christmas, the honours list celebrates the achievements and services of people from across the UK in different industries and walks of life.
Queen guitarist Brian May, football presenter Chris Kamara, and Countdown’s Rachel Riley are among the other names in the latest New Year Honours list.
Essex-born Grayson explores fashion, conformity, and prejudice in his work, often appearing in public as his female alter-ego, Claire.
Born in 1960, he began his career at Braintree College of Further Education and then at Portsmouth Polytechnic, where he studied fine art.
Sir Grayson is famous for his alter ego, Claire (Picture: Chesnot/Getty)
Later, when he moved to London in the early 1980s, he began attending evening pottery classes and developed a strong connection with the medium.
The artist won the Turner Prize in 2003 after being nominated for the piece Claire’s Coming Out Dress and a collection of vases.
The work tackled themes of child abuse, featured autobiographical images of himself, Claire, and his family, as well as examinations of cultural stereotypes.
Grayson’s Art Club returned for a third season earlier this year (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty)
In 2014, he became a CBE after being recognised for services to contemporary art and, as he said at the time, the recognition was for ’30 years of hard graft’.
Two years later, his Channel 4 programme All Man, Grayson put himself in three ultra-male worlds to see what their masculinity explained about the changing lives and expectations of men in modern Britain.
His recent hit TV series Grayson’s Art Club was launched with his wife Philippa Perry in April 2020 during the pandemic, which has so far produced three seasons.
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They exhibited season one’s creations in Manchester Art Gallery and season two’s works in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
The largest ever retrospective of Grayson’s work will take place at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh from July 22 to November 12, 2023.
Watch Grayson’s Art Club on Channel 4.
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He’s been named alongside Queen guitarist Brian May.
