​Barbara Justice is a visual artist pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree at University of Wisconsin-Madison, which will be completed in 2022. She came to the UW-Madison Art Department through the Interdisciplinary Artist Research Cohort Fellowship. Her research and studio practice revolve around photographic arts while also examining areas of archival preservation and historical techniques, book arts, digital fabrication, printmaking, creative writing, and community-based artistic projects.
 
Barbara is currently an Assistant Digital Preservation Specialist at the UW-Digital Collections Center in Memorial Library. Barbara has exhibited art works regionally, nationally, and globally during her time as a UW graduate student. Her academic accomplishments include teaching digital photography, co-directing Backspace Gallery and having a handmade artist book acquired by the Kohler Art Library Permanent Collection in 2021. Barbara is from Southern New Mexico and far west Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio.