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Leslie Barber (she/her) is an emerging Jamaican American fiber artist based in Seattle and holds a degree in Fashion & Textile Management from North Carolina State University.

After relocating to Washington in 2017, she felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness as she navigated primarily white spaces as a black woman. Desiring a creative outlet, she turned to the meditative act of embroidery to help ease her anxiety and depression and soon started to interpret her fondness for fashion and culture into embroidered art pieces.

Her practice primarily involves embroidery & rug tufting with a focus on prioritizing black culture, aspects of black womanhood and the joy black people continue to have despite a system built and maintained to diminish their successes.