Charles Uzzell-Edwards(born 1968)[1]is a Welshgraffitiartist known by the moniker "Pure Evil".He is the son of painterJohn Uzzell Edwards.[2][3]
Career
editIn the early 1990s, Uzzell-Edwards was one of the designers for Anarchic Adjustment with Alan Brown and Nick Philip and released electronic ambient music onPete Namlook'sFAX 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" withThomas Bullock,and "Audio" withTetsu Inoueand Daimon Beail. He runs the Pure Evil Gallery inShoreditch,London.[4][5][6][7]
In 2011, Uzzell-Edwards created a special edition of prints to raise money for the victims of the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[8]
In the spring of 2016, Uzzell-Edwards served asartist-in-residenceof the Quin Arts program atthe Quin Hotelin New York City. His solo exhibit, curated by DK Johnston, channeledAndy Warhol,creating a body of work rooted in repetition art.[9]
References
edit- ^"Artworks by Pure Evil at Pure Evil Gallery on artnet".Artnet.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^"The world of Pure Evil, graffiti artist".The Daily Telegraph.9 August 2013.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^"John Uzzell Edwards: Artist whose fascination with the Welsh industrial landscape gave way to the" pure painting "approach".The Independent.3 April 2015.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^"12 things no one tells you before you become a street artist".The Daily Telegraph.6 November 2014.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^"Urban, edgy, lucrative".Financial Times.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^Nick Curtis (12 June 2014)."Graffiti artist Pure Evil: 'I've had 10-year-olds telling me Banksy".London Evening Standard.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^"The great online art illusion: A cautionary tale".The Independent.Retrieved8 September2015.
- ^Reyburn, Scott (23 March 2011)."Jenson Button's Ferrari Boxer May Sell for $180,000: Art Buzz".Bloomberg.Retrieved16 September2012.
- ^Eller, Matthew."Pure Evil Interview & Opening at The Quin Hotel NYC".Street Art News.Retrieved21 April2016.