Caroline Hobkinson
Food Artist & Creator of Unusual Ingredients
Caroline Hobkinson is an anthropologist exploring and investigating the interrelationships between Tech, Food, Art and the Senses.
Born in Cologne in 1979, trained at Central Saint Martin’s where she gained a degree in Fine Art and SOAS where she earned a master’s degree in the Anthropology of Food, she has been creating events and sculptural installations, in galleries, museums and public spaces worldwide. She has published and co-authored numerous research and academic papers on the neuroscientific workings of eating and conducted anthropological qualitative research into food and drink habits and rituals.
Operating within the intersections of technology, food and the senses Caroline has been giving numerous interactive talks and lectures on the subject of food and eating rituals for Unilever, Disney, Barilla, Space 10 and many others and her work and research has appeared in numerous publications. She has recently co presented a 3-part series on multisensory aspects of cheese, due out in summer 2020.
Born in Cologne in 1979, trained at Central Saint Martin’s where she gained a degree in Fine Art and SOAS where she earned a master’s degree in the Anthropology of Food, she has been creating events and sculptural installations, in galleries, museums and public spaces worldwide. She has published and co-authored numerous research and academic papers on the neuroscientific workings of eating and conducted anthropological qualitative research into food and drink habits and rituals.
Operating within the intersections of technology, food and the senses Caroline has been giving numerous interactive talks and lectures on the subject of food and eating rituals for Unilever, Disney, Barilla, Space 10 and many others and her work and research has appeared in numerous publications. She has recently co presented a 3-part series on multisensory aspects of cheese, due out in summer 2020.