Justine Otto, born in Zabrze, Poland, studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, where she graduated in 2003 as a master student in Fine Arts.

In 2014, she received, among other honors, the Emerging Artist Prize from The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Her works have been exhibited widely in Germany and abroad, including at the Berlinische Galerie (GER), Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich (GER), Neue Galerie Gladbeck (GER), Museum Abtei Liesborn (GER), Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg (GER), Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg (RUS), Museum Franz Gertsch (CH), Goethe-Institut Washington D.C. (USA), Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (GER), Landesmuseum Darmstadt (GER), Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden (GER), Visual Arts Centre Scunthorpe (UK), National Gallery Bucharest (RO), Stadtgalerie Kiel (GER), Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon (South Korea), Museum Angerlehner (AT), and Torrance Art Museum (USA), among others.