Marcos Restrepo

Marcos Restrepo. foto tomada del Facebook, intervenida digitalmente

Marcos Restrepo (born 1961, Catarama, Ecuador) Restrepo is a Latin American painter who is a member of the artist group Artefactoría,[1] founded by Xavier Patiño. Artefactoría formed in 1982 by a group of painters from the School of Fine Arts in Guayaquil who are inspired by the surrealists and the unconscious. Members of Artefactoria include: Restrepo, Xavier Patiño, Jorge Velarde, Pedro Dávila, Marco Alvarado, Flavio Álava, Paco Cuesta

In 1996, Restrepo obtained the Second Prize of the V Biennial of International Painting in River Basin, Ecuador for his painting Al Finál del Tunel (shown right). In 1986, Restrepo obtained an honorable mention in the Hall Prize of Paris.

Some exhibitions

References

  1. Adès, Harry; Graham, Melissa (June 2010). Rough Guide to Ecuador. Penguin. p. 1017. ISBN 978-1-84836-191-1. Retrieved 2 May 2011.


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