Charles Uzzell-Edwards

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Pure Evil
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Example of a Pure Evil character in Shoreditch, 2008
Born
Charles Uzzell-Edwards

1968 (age 56–57)
Style Street art
Movement Graffiti
Father John Uzzell Edwards
Website Charles Uzzell-Edwards on Instagram

Charles Uzzell-Edwards (born 1968) [1] is a Welsh graffiti artist known by the moniker "Pure Evil". He is the son of painter John Uzzell Edwards. [2] [3]

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Career

In the early 1990s, Uzzell-Edwards was one of the designers for Anarchic Adjustment with Alan Brown and Nick Philip and released electronic ambient music on Pete Namlook's FAX label, recording "Octopus" 1, 2 & 3 and "Dada" (under the pseudonym Drum Machine Circle) solo, producing "A New Consciousness" and "Create" 1 & 2 with Pete Namlook, recording "Supergroup" with Thomas Bullock, and "Audio" with Tetsu Inoue and Daimon Beail. He runs the Pure Evil Gallery in Shoreditch, London. [4] [5] [6] [7]

In 2011, Uzzell-Edwards created a special edition of prints to raise money for the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [8]

In the spring of 2016, Uzzell-Edwards served as artist-in-residence of the Quin Arts program at the Quin Hotel in New York City. His solo exhibit, curated by DK Johnston, channeled Andy Warhol, creating a body of work rooted in repetition art. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Artworks by Pure Evil at Pure Evil Gallery on artnet". Artnet . Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "The world of Pure Evil, graffiti artist". The Daily Telegraph . 9 August 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "John Uzzell Edwards: Artist whose fascination with the Welsh industrial landscape gave way to the "pure painting" approach". The Independent . 3 April 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "12 things no one tells you before you become a street artist". The Daily Telegraph . 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Urban, edgy, lucrative". Financial Times . Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Nick Curtis (12 June 2014). "Graffiti artist Pure Evil: 'I've had 10-year-olds telling me Banksy". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "The great online art illusion: A cautionary tale". The Independent . Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Reyburn, Scott (23 March 2011). "Jenson Button's Ferrari Boxer May Sell for $180,000: Art Buzz". Bloomberg.com . Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  9. ↑ Eller, Matthew. "Pure Evil Interview & Opening at The Quin Hotel NYC". Street Art News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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