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Rosemarie Gleiser Blufstein (b. Lima, Peru, 1969) is a Latin American interdisciplinary artist and writer based in New York.

Her work explores themes of diaspora, memory, identity, food culture, ecofeminism, and migration, weaving personal narratives into broader cultural and historical frameworks. Rooted in her Romanian and Peruvian heritage, Gleiser's practice uses drawing, printmaking, painting, photography, and storytelling to reflect on belonging, tradition, and transformation -often through the body, domestic rituals, and diasporic language-.

Her current project, "Let me tell you something", is a bilingual illustrated memoir that follows her family's journey from pre-WWII Romania to Peru. Intertwining recipes, WhatsApp messages, and intimate stories, the work creates a visual lexicon that translates Yiddish phrases through Quechua (layering two diasporic languages to reflect the complexity of Latin American Jewish identity). It is both an act of preservation and a celebration of resilience through food, humor, and art

Gleiser Blufstein holds a Ph.D. in Art & Research from Universidad Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), an MFA from New York University—where she studied printmaking with master printer Krishna Reddy and performance with Marina Abramović—and a BFA from Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). Her approach to materiality and the body was further shaped by working as studio assistant to Liliana Porter and interpreting for Dan Graham. She taught at the university level for over a decade, including founding the art program at Capital Junior College in Bogotá, experiences that deepened her commitment to art as dialogue, education, and community building

Her work has been exhibited at institutions including Fundación Antonio Pérez, IBERCAJA, MIDECIANT, FUGA, MAMU, and MAMBO, and featured in international art fairs such as CIGE (China), ARTBO (Colombia), and Arte Americas (USA).

Her pieces are held in public collections such as Fundación Antonio Pérez, Fundación Santillana, and Denison University. She is a Fulbright recipient and earned summa cum laude honors for her doctoral research on the symbolic and material role of skin in contemporary art.