Charles Uzzell-Edwards

Charles Uzzell-Edwards[1] (born in South Wales in 1968)[2] is a graffiti artist known by the moniker "Pure Evil".[1] He is the son of Welsh painter John Uzzell Edwards.[3][4]

Career

Uzzell-Edwards has exhibited globally. In the early 1990s he 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. The Pure Evil Gallery is run by Uzzell-Edwards and located in Shoreditch, London.[1][5][6][7][8]

In 2011, Uzzell-Edwards created a special edition of prints to raise money for the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[9]

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 and showcasing his trademark eye drips in a series of hand-finished fine prints on paper and canvas.[10] The exhibit opened on April 21st and also incorporated a collection of written words by the artist in a video art installation directed by award-winning filmmaker Bill Mack.[11]

Solo shows

Group shows

Lectures

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wilson, Kevin (13 October 2011). "ArtMan: Start your art collection – Prints". LondonLovesBusiness.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Artworks by Pure Evil at Pure Evil Gallery on artnet". Artnet. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "The world of Pure Evil, graffiti artist". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "John Uzzell Edwards: Artist whose fascination with the Welsh industrial landscape gave way to the". The Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "12 things no one tells you before you become a street artist". The Daily Telegraph. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Urban, edgy, lucrative". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "The great online art illusion: A cautionary tale". The Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Reyburn, Scott (23 March 2011). "Jenson Button's Ferrari Boxer May Sell for $180,000: Art Buzz". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  10. ↑ Eller, Matthew. "Pure Evil Interview & Opening at The Quin Hotel NYC". Street Art News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Pure Evil at ‘The Quin’". Very Nearly Almost. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  12. ↑ Zimmer, Lori. "PURE EVIL DESCENDS ON THE QUIN". Art Nerd. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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