Marcos Restrepo (born 1961, Catarama, Ecuador) Restrepo is a Latin American painter who is a member of the artist group ArtefactorÃÂa, founded by Xavier Patiño. ArtefactorÃÂa 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 ÃÂlava, Paco Cuesta
In 1996, Restrepo obtained the Second Prize of the V Biennial of International Painting in Cuenca, Ecuador for his painting Al Finál del Hueco (shown right). In 1986, Restrepo obtained an honorable mention in the Hall Prize of Paris chiquito.