Charles Uzzell Edwards
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Charles Uzzell-Edwards is a graffiti
artist known by the moniker "Pure Evil" and is a stablemate of Banksy
. He has exhibited in New York
, US, in the UK and in France. In the early 90's Charles 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 Charles Uzzell-Edwards and located in Shoreditch, London.
Charles Uzzell-Edwards' ancestry is alleged to include eight saints: Vladimir the Great, Saint Anna of Russia, the Holy Martyrs Boris and Gleb, Saint Stephen of Hungary, Saint Margaret of Scotland and Saint Mathilde together with Saint Thomas More, Humbert III of Savoy and several European royal families.He was also a descendant of the Old English Chieftain Ailric, Kings Thane to Edward the Confessor, who held Cawthorne and much of South Yorkshire before the Conquest.
Solo Shows:
2010 Pure Evil Paris
2010 Strange Girls Pure Evil London
2009 Pure Evil Gallery London
2009 Dark Carnival Choque Cultural São Paulo
2009 SoloShow Kspace Amsterdam
2008 SoloShow Urban Uprising Sydney
2008 Live East Die Young Ink’d Brighton
2008 Run! The Old World Is Behind You ATM Berlin
2008 SoloShow Electrick Sheep Newcastle
2007 SoloShow FakeSpace Beijing
2007 SoloShow Pure Evil Gallery London
2007 SoloShow Truman Brewery London
2006 55 gallery NYC
Group Shows
2010 London Calling Moscow
2010 Paste Modernism 2 Sydney
2010 Tiger Translate Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
2010 Bhopal Medical Appeal Phillips De Pury London
2009 1980 Mobil Box Fondation Cartier Paris
2009 A Shot in the Dark Czech Republic
2009 Secret Bllisters London
2009 The Beautiful and the Canned Brighton
2009 Cruel Britannia Philadelphia
2009 Urban Myth Culver City CA
2009 Urban in Ibiza
2008 Mutate Britain London
2008 International Arts Belgium
2008 Cans Festival 1+2 London
2008 Stella Dore Sebatian Guinness Gallery Dublin
2008 Not a Penny off the Pay Bristol
2008 Alternativity London
2007 Open Studio London
2007 International Arts Belgium
2006 Santas Ghetto London
2006 International Arts Belgium
2005 Difusor Barcelona
2005 Paris Stencil Project
Lectures:
2009 Beautiful Losers ICA London
2008 Collecting Street Art Tate Modern London
2007 Street Art ICA London
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
artist known by the moniker "Pure Evil" and is a stablemate of Banksy
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique...
. He has exhibited in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, US, in the UK and in France. In the early 90's Charles was one of the designers for Anarchic Adjustment
Anarchic Adjustment
Anarchic Adjustment was a fashion clothing company founded in London in 1986 by Nick Philip. London's post-punk Anarchic Adjustment moved to sunny California with the arrival of founder Nick Philip to the freestyle bicycle/skate scene of Southern California....
with Alan Brown and Nick Philip
Nick Philip
Nick Philip is a graphic and multi-media artist and clothing designer operating out of the San Francisco Bay area.-Career:As a teenager in London, Philip first developed his skills as a cut-and-paste artist active in the city's freestyle bicycle/skateboard subculture...
and released electronic ambient music on Pete Namlook
Pete Namlook
Pete Namlook is an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversees...
's FAX label
FAX +49-69/450464
FAX +49-69/450464, known simply as Fax Label, is a German record label that releases ambient music and other kinds of electronic music. It was started in 1992 by Peter Kuhlmann and has since released hundreds of titles, with artists as notable as Klaus Schulze, Atom Heart, Bill Laswell, Geir...
, 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
Thomas Bullock
Thomas Bullock is the name of:*Thomas Bullock , English Mormon pioneer, clerk and historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
, and "Audio" with Tetsu Inoue
Tetsu Inoue
Tetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
and Daimon Beail. The Pure Evil Gallery is run by Charles Uzzell-Edwards and located in Shoreditch, London.
Charles Uzzell-Edwards' ancestry is alleged to include eight saints: Vladimir the Great, Saint Anna of Russia, the Holy Martyrs Boris and Gleb, Saint Stephen of Hungary, Saint Margaret of Scotland and Saint Mathilde together with Saint Thomas More, Humbert III of Savoy and several European royal families.He was also a descendant of the Old English Chieftain Ailric, Kings Thane to Edward the Confessor, who held Cawthorne and much of South Yorkshire before the Conquest.
Solo Shows:
2010 Pure Evil Paris
2010 Strange Girls Pure Evil London
2009 Pure Evil Gallery London
2009 Dark Carnival Choque Cultural São Paulo
2009 SoloShow Kspace Amsterdam
2008 SoloShow Urban Uprising Sydney
2008 Live East Die Young Ink’d Brighton
2008 Run! The Old World Is Behind You ATM Berlin
2008 SoloShow Electrick Sheep Newcastle
2007 SoloShow FakeSpace Beijing
2007 SoloShow Pure Evil Gallery London
2007 SoloShow Truman Brewery London
2006 55 gallery NYC
Group Shows
2010 London Calling Moscow
2010 Paste Modernism 2 Sydney
2010 Tiger Translate Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
2010 Bhopal Medical Appeal Phillips De Pury London
2009 1980 Mobil Box Fondation Cartier Paris
2009 A Shot in the Dark Czech Republic
2009 Secret Bllisters London
2009 The Beautiful and the Canned Brighton
2009 Cruel Britannia Philadelphia
2009 Urban Myth Culver City CA
2009 Urban in Ibiza
2008 Mutate Britain London
2008 International Arts Belgium
2008 Cans Festival 1+2 London
2008 Stella Dore Sebatian Guinness Gallery Dublin
2008 Not a Penny off the Pay Bristol
2008 Alternativity London
2007 Open Studio London
2007 International Arts Belgium
2006 Santas Ghetto London
2006 International Arts Belgium
2005 Difusor Barcelona
2005 Paris Stencil Project
Lectures:
2009 Beautiful Losers ICA London
2008 Collecting Street Art Tate Modern London
2007 Street Art ICA London
External links
- http://www.picturesonwalls.com Pure Evil and Banksy art
- http://www.sofuzzycrew.com Pure Evil site
- http://www.flickr.com/people/pureevilbunny Pure Evil graffiti