2021
Charles Uzzell-Edwards is the real name of the man behind the Pure Evil pseudonym. Born in South Wales in 1968 and son of the abstract painter John Uzzell-Edwards, art and creativity have always been around in his life.
At the beginning of the 1990s, Pure Evil left the United Kingdom to live in the United States for a few years, specifically in San Francisco. Influenced by the American West Coast's trends of the moment, he began to develop a deeper interest in the urban cultures of skateboarding, graffiti and electronic music. By then, Pure Evil began working for the clothing brand Anarchic Adjustment, taking the first steps into the world of graphic design and stencil art.
As a multitalented artist who became very involved in the electronic music scene, Pure Evil left San Francisco to spend four years in Berlin where he worked for a music production company named FAX. During this time, he missed London very much and decided to go back there.
Once settled back in the English capital, the first Pure Evil graffiti is seen on the streets. The artist met the people involved with Banksy's Project Santa's Ghetto, and his work begins to have a darker look. Pure Evil then produced his first prints with Pictures on Walls (POW).
Pure Evil has been traveling all around the world, hosting exhibitions in countries like China, Brazil and Russia as well as in all of Europe. Success during these times has been such that it has allowed him to open in 2007 his own art gallery in London's Shoreditch neighborhood. In the gallery, Pure Evil shows his own work as well as that of other artists, and there he finds his space for artistic creativity, both in visual arts and music.
In May of 2012 Pure Evil joined the BBC's TV show The Apprentice and his popularity skyrocketed. Additionally, given the success achieved with his last series, "Nightmares," we can tell that he is an artist of international importance with a very promising career ahead.
With the Pure Evil moniker, the artist explores what he calls his "darkest side." Raised in a Catholic environment where good and evil are two concepts linked to each other, he looks to his critical sensibility to examine the most diabolical side of society and of a world filled with wars and hunger that doesn't seem to have an end.
Browse a collection of Pure Evil original art on 1stDibs.
Tell Me Beautiful Untrue Things Print, Framed, Edition of 150
By The Connor Brothers
Located in London, GB
ARTIST: The Connor Brothers TITLE: Tell Me Beautiful Untrue Things YEAR: 2020 MEDIUM: Giclee print on paper DIMENSIONS: 120 x 75 cm Sh...
Giclée
Untitled (after François Gérard) - Archival Print, Signed, 86x70 cm
Located in London, GB
Untitled (after François Gérard) Archival pigment print on cotton paper 86 × 70 cm Edition of 75 + 5APs hand-signed and numbered by the artist Ewa Juszkiewicz...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Happiness is Expensive
By James McQueen
Located in London, GB
Mixed media, archival pigment and silkscreen on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper 111.8 × 78.7 cm Edition of 95 hand-signed and numbered by the artist James McQueen, born in 1977, is a Br...
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Screen
Violet Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper, Edition 24/250
By Brian Calvin
Located in London, GB
Archival Pigment print on Hahnemuhle museum etching paper edition 24 of 250 printed signature on archival label on verso Published by Exhibtion A and comes with publisher's COA. Br...
Archival Pigment
Imagine a World without Arseholes - Contemporary Art
Located in London, GB
Medium: 1 Colour Screenprint on old reclaimed pages from the Bible with a hand-painted background Year: 2024 Edition: 40 Paper Size: 31.2cm (h) x 23.5cm (w) Framed Size: 38.5 (h) x 3...
Screen
Linder - Soul Meets Soul on Lovers' Lips (2nd Edition)
Located in London, GB
Linder Soul Meets Soul on Lovers' Lips, 2025 Giclee print on 310gsm Hahnemühle PhotoRag Bright White archival pure cotton paper Edition of 75 hand-signed and numbered by the artist c...
Giclée
Liquid Asset Hand Finished Print, Pop Art, Limited Edition of 21
Located in New York, NY
'Liquid Asset' Hand Finished Print Hahnemüle Photorag 308gsm, Limited Edition of 21 Hand embellished with acrylic paint 19.76 x 28.23 inches COA included **This Limited Editio...
Acrylic
Nasty Habits
By Todd White
Located in Toronto, ON
26" x 17.5" Unframed Limited Edition Giclée with Hand Embellishment of 100 Hand Signed by Todd White
Giclée
Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Taken
By The Connor Brothers
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Taken By The Connor Brothers The Connor Brothers are a contemporary British art duo known for blending fiction with reality, often creating works that ...
Pigment
Untitled, from the Art Against AIDS Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
Gael Stack Untitled, from the Art Against AIDS Portfolio, 1988 Woodcut on paper with deckled edges. Hand signed. Numbered. Printer's and Publisher's Blindstamp. Unframed. Hand signed and numbered on the lower recto (front) with printer's and publisher's blindstamp. Edition 38/50 20 × 15 inches Publisher Little Egypt Enterprises, Houston, TX Provenance Art Against AIDS Portfolio, numbered 38/50 This beautiful limited edition woodcut by Gael Stack was published in 1988 as part of the Art Against Aids portfolio, numbered 38/50. Superb provenance as it is was acquired from the original Art Against AIDS Portfolio published in Houston, Texas. This will be the first time the work will be removed from the portfolio. The late 1980s was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and this was one of many efforts by the creative community to raise funds to assist in fighting this deadly scourge that disproportionately affected the artistic community. Measurements: 20 x 15 inches (sheet) 8 1/4 x 12 inches(image) The complete Art Against AIDS Portfolio is comprised of 10 prints, in black and white and color, from 10 artists. About Gael Stack: Gael Stack is a Texas painter. She lives in Houston and has work in the permanent collections of several museums. Stack has worked as a professor at the University of Houston...
Woodcut, Pencil
I Understand The Difference Btw Right & Wrong, I Prefer Wrong
By The Connor Brothers
Located in Dubai, Dubai
I Understand The Difference Between Right & Wrong, I Prefer Wrong By The Connor Brothers The Connor Brothers are a British artistic duo, originally known for presenting themselves ...
Pigment
Elisabeth - Contemporary figurative Print, Pop art, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
*** Please note: Pictures of print in frame are only a visualization. Artwork is sold unframed DANUTA DĄBROWSKA-SIEMASZKIEWICZ Painter and graphic artist. Her works have been publis...
Paper, Screen
