Charles Uzzell-Edwards

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]

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

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]