Pure Evil

Pure Evil, or Charles Uzzell-Edwards, is a graffiti and street artist known by his tag of a vampire bunny rabbit which bore from the artist’s feeling of remorse after shooting a rabbit in the countryside as a child. Charley has been surrounded by art his whole life, he is the son of the late Welsh painter John Uzzell Edwards. Charley has stated that the name 'Pure Evil' is a bit of a joke, he likes to have fun with dark imagery and with a satirical take on the darkness in modern society. He moved to California to avoid the ruins of Thatcher's Britain, where he was working as a designers for a clothing label called Anarchic Adjustment, producing screen printed T-shirt graphics. After this he became heavily involved in the electronic music scene, where his artist career was born again! He began painting 'Dump Bush' and other political messages on freeways, or 'Murderers' on gun stores. After spending 10 years in California, inspired by his fellow street artists, he returned to London, starting painting his Pure Evil Rabbits everywhere. There is an anarchistic elements to his work, from icons, to political tags, he continues to blur the lines between street art and contemporary art. Exhibiting globally in China, USA, Mongolia, Russia, Brazil and all across Europe.  We are proud to have his work at IIF Gallery. --