Perry began his journey into ceramics when he was at college, his friend took him to some evening ceramics classes and from there he discovered that he had a talent for it. He attended college and did a foundation course in art and then went on to do a BA in fine art at Portsmouth polytechnic in 1982 and spent the next few years perfecting his craft out of the public eye. Perry won the Turner prize in 2003 which launched him into the public eye and allowed him to become internationally recognised. In the following years Perry has exhibited work usually based in ceramics but also other media and has written books, curated exhibitions, become the chancellor of UAL and delivered lectures.
Perrys work explores many important themes such as identity, culture, gender, class, sexuality and religion and began 2020 with an exhibition called 'the pre therapy years' which exhibited his work made between 1982 and 1994. He has stated that this exhibition has allowed him to be much kinder to his work than he used to be, and speaks about the importance of confounding his viewers and keeping them on their toes with each new work.
Perry talks about the importance of social mobility and accessibility within the arts and is heavily involved and invested in arts education. He believes that art is something that should be accessible to everyone which is something that I also strongly believe in. Perry also talks about how younger generations of artists seem to want to be instantly famous the second the come out of art school and he states that that's not how it works, you have to keep your practice going and that's how you find your voice.
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