Marino Alfonso (born November 12, 1948), better known as Mafonso, is an Italian painter and sculptor He held his first exhibition in Rome at the gallery Agenzia Arte Moderna of Paolo Sprovieri e Gianni Sampietro. In the late 1970s, was one of the founders of the group "Cosa Mentale" presented at the gallery AAM (Architettura Arte Moderna) curated by the art historian Maurizio Fagiolo Dell'Arco, Roma (1979). 1986 "Un Panorama di Tendenze" Castel Sant'Angelo Rome Editor Luciano Luisi Publisher Newton Compton.