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 was 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 Madness in River Basin, Ecuador for his painting Al Finál del Hueco (shown right). In 1986, Restrepo obtained an honorable mention in the Hall Prize of Paris chiquito.
Some exhibitions
edit- 1977 - Hall October, Guayaquil
- 1978 - Young Painting, Guayaquil
- 1980 - Hall Julio, Guayaquil
- 1982 - Pinacoteca of the Central bank of Ecuador, Guayaquil
- 1983 - Hall Vicente Rocafuerte, Guayaquil
- 1985 - Contemporary sacred art of Ecuador, Guayaquil
- 1989 - I Hall Art PROESA, Quito
- 1992 - Permanent Exhibition Seville 92
- 1997 - Shared worlds, National Museum of the Central bank of Ecuador, Quito
- 2006 - Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Exposición del Fondo Patrimonial del Museo, Cuenca, Ecuador
References
edit- ^ 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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