FUNCHICKEN: DREAM RESIDUE
An art explosion fueled by Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson

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📍 Opening Reception: Friday, January 16, 6–10 PM
🎶 Pablo for Hire will be performing his signature dreamy and nostalgic tunes, and Los Locos will be playing boleras and bossa nova.
📍 Galactic Panther Art Gallery | 1303 King St, Alexandria

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Galactic Panther Art Gallery unleashes FUNCHICKEN: DREAM RESIDUE, a blast of collaborative chaos by artists Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson. This exhibition drops viewers straight into the warped, neon-soaked brain of Funchicken: a DIY universe fueled by zines, copy-machine mutations, 80s weirdness, and unapologetic absurdity.

The artists have traveled from California to install the show and to attend the opening on Friday, January 16, 6:00 to 10:00 PM at Galactic Panther, 1303 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The opening is free to the public and will feature live music and a smorgasbord of catered charcuterie. Please bring your friends and family for a unique and memorable time at Old Town's most eclectic art gallery. 

Funchicken isn’t a side project—it’s a creative free-for-all. Todd and Watson ditch the rules of their individual practices to experiment with limited-edition prints, designer toys, wearables, and paintings that feel fast, handmade, and slightly unhinged. Think cut-and-paste logic, lo-fi aesthetics, and humor that doesn’t ask permission.

On their own, both artists are heavy hitters. Esther Pearl Watson exhibits internationally and publishes comics with Fantagraphics Books. Mark Todd co-owns and curates HeyThere Projects, a gallery and gift shop planted in the desert of Joshua Tree, California. Together, they crank the volume higher—turning collaboration into collision.

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👉GET TICKETS TO "Funchicken"

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Details

✅ Free & open to the public (donations welcome)
✅ All artwork for sale (while it lasts!)
✅ Proceeds support non-profits providing food security

🕛 Gallery Hours: Wed–Sun, 12–6 (or by appointment)
📧 Contact: eli@galacticpanther.com | darren@galacticpanther.com

 

📍 Galactic Panther | 1303 King St, Old Town Alexandria