Food of war is a multidisciplinary, open, and non-profit artist collective based in London, England.
The work of the collective Food of War has been exhibited in eight different countries, namely the United Kingdom,[1] Ukraine,[2] (Germany),[3] Mexico,[4] Peru,[5] Brazil,[6] Spain,[7] and Colombia.
The collective has two directors: Hernan Barros,[9][10] who has worked in cinema, television, and visual effects in the United Kingdom and Omar Castañeda,[11][12] graduated from Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London (UAL), who has vast experience in fine arts.
Among them are Simone Mattar[13] from São Paulo, Brazil, an artist, gastro performer, food designer, and architect; Quintina Valero,[14] a German, a photojournalist with studies in economy and a long career in journalism in Spain, currently rooted in London; and lastly, Zinaïda,[15] a fine artist from Ukraine.
The first massive exhibition of Food of War was the "Clouded Lands",[16] held in the National Art and Culture Museum Complex "Mystetskyi Arsenal" of Kyiv in Ukraine in 2016.