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.
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PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
$400Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 18 in
Daydream Flip Hand Finished Screenprint (Street Art), 2021
By PØNK
Located in New York, NY
Collaboration print with Holly Hock & PØNK Hand-Finished Screenprint with acrylic spray paint on 352 gsm paper Printers Proof Signed, Numbered, & Embossed with a Certificate of A...
Spray Paint, Stencil
$400Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 18 in
Daydream Flip Hand Finished Screenprint (Street Art), 2021
By PØNK
Located in New York, NY
Collaboration print with Holly Hock & PØNK Hand-Finished Screenprint with acrylic spray paint on 352 gsm paper Edition size: 1/1 Signed, Numbered, & Embossed with a Certificate o...
Spray Paint, Stencil
$1,250
H 12.9 in W 17.7 in D 1 in
Gazing through Windows Light Up Panel by Madderdoit (street art, graffiti)
By Madderdoit
Located in New York, NY
Edition version – cola grey and black background with fluorescent space splatter insert. Surface – customized light up - wood panel in a frame Edition size – AP Size – panel - 16.5x1...
Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Stencil
$295
H 8.75 in W 10.75 in D 1 in
Fingerprints Notes Mixed Media Art on Uncirculated $2 Bill, 2022
By Madderdoit
Located in New York, NY
Edition version – white hoodie with blue jeans edition painted onto genuine uncirculated $2 bill with stencil Handprints painted using UV spray paint are only visible under fluoresc...
Spray Paint, Stencil
$325
H 8.75 in W 10.75 in D 1 in
Flower Power Sky Blue 1/1 Note Mixed Media Art on $1 Bill, 2026
By Madderdoit
Located in New York, NY
10 color spray paint and stencils with paint markers on genuine $1 bill. Surface – genuine $1 bill Edition size – edition of 1/1 Description – 5 colour spray paint and stencils wi...
Spray Paint, Stencil
Flower Power Notes Mixed Media Art on $1 Bill, 2026
By Madderdoit
Located in New York, NY
10 color spray paint and stencils with paint markers on genuine $1 bill. Surface – genuine $1 bill Edition size – edition of 5 Description – 5 colour spray paint and stencils with...
Spray Paint, Stencil
Not OK
Located in New York, NY
Collaboration between Huck Snyder and Jane Bauman This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Spray Paint, Stencil
$1,125Sale Price|25% Off
H 20 in W 20 in D 1 in
Suitable for all ages 3D - Light up Panel by Madderdoit (Street Art)
By Madderdoit
Located in New York, NY
Edition version – 3D wood hand-cut grassy foreground with light up the night sky Surface – customized light-up wood panel in frame with hand-cut 3D wood foreground. Edition size – ...
Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Stencil
$400
H 12 in W 12 in D 1 in
Up In The Clouds - Mirror Edition (kids art, street art, graffiti)
By Madderdoit
Located in New York, NY
White UV clouds on glass mirror Surface – glass mirror Edition Edition of 5 Size 12 x 12” 7 color spray paint and multi-layer stencil on glass mirror. Hand-painted with unique ...
Spray Paint, Stencil, Mirror
$13,500
H 39 in W 30 in D 1 in
Everyday Life Screen Print on Paper, Stencil & Spray Paint, 2017
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print with stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wove paper. Hand signed on front; signed and dated on verso with studio catalog number and thumbprint. Artwork size: 30 x 22 ...
Paper, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Screen, Stencil
$720Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 18 in
The Beauty Never Fades Archival Pigment Print, Unique 1/1, Street Art
By PØNK
Located in New York, NY
Archival Pigment Print Hand-Finished with spray paint on Moab Entrada Bright 290 gsm paper Printers Proof Unique 1/1 Signed & Numbered with a Certificate of Authenticity Size: 1...
Spray Paint, Stencil
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.7 in W 19.7 in
Artistic Balance Canvas (Daytime) by Kunstrasen
By Kunstrasen
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Medium Original Acrylics and spray paint on deep-edge canvas Titled, signed, and numbered on the reverse Size: 50 x 50 cm Edition of 5
Canvas, Spray Paint, Stencil
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.93 in W 13 in
The Beauty Never Fades Mixed Media Canvas, Street Art, Framed, 2010+
By PØNK
Located in New York, NY
Original Canvas painted with acrylic & spray paint Signed on the back of the canvas Size 11.8 x 15.75 (30 x 40 cm) with Frame 12.99 x 16.92 (33 x 43) Comes with a Certificate of A...
Canvas, Spray Paint, Stencil
Most Is What You Make Of It (original on cardboard)
By Kunstrasen
Located in Aventura, FL
Original spray paint and stencil on cardboard. Hand signed and dated on verso by Kunstrasen. Artwork size 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Frame size 13 x 14.5 inches. Artwork is in excellen...
Spray Paint, Cardboard, Stencil
Daydream Flip Hand Finished Screenprint (Street Art), 2021
By PØNK
Located in New York, NY
Collaboration print with Holly Hock & PØNK Hand-Finished Screenprint with acrylic spray paint on 352 gsm paper Edition size: 1/1 Signed, Numbered, & Embossed with a Certificate o...
Spray Paint, Stencil
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal
Sold
H 22.05 in W 13.98 in
PURE EVIL - 300$ FINE Pure Elvis Presley UNIQUE work Urban Pop Art Hollywood
By Pure Evil
Located in Madrid, Madrid
PURE EVIL - $300 FINE - PURE ELVIS Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Stencil and spray paint on old metal sign Edition: Unique artwork Size: 56 x 35,5 cm Condition: In mint conditions a...
Metal