Rachel Paxton received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. She exhibits her work nationally and is affiliated with 5 galleries, Mixx Atelier in Telluride, Slipstitch Studio in Seattle and Bee Street Gallery in Dallas, Yard Dog in Austin, Cortile Gallery in Provincetown.

Paxton’s work has been exhibited at galleries and museums since 1987. In the Boston area, Paxton has exhibited at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Alpha Gallery, and the Zoe Gallery. Museums included the Institute of Contemporary Art, the DeCordova Museum, the Rose Art Museum, the Fitchburg Art Museum, the Fuller Museum and many others. In addition, Paxton has exhibited her paintings in New York City at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, in Naples, Florida at Longstreth-Goldberg Art Gallery and at the Allyn Gallup Gallery in Sarasota, in Provincetown at Rice/Pollack Gallery, and Three Graces Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. Her work has been included in group exhibitions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and Greenwich, CT.

Rachel Paxton’s work has been published in four books, Collage Art, by Rockport Publishers and New American Paintings, 1998 Northeastern States, New American Paintings, 15 Years and Studio Visit, Volume Five, all published by the Open Studio Press. Her paintings and collages have been reviewed by the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Examiner, New York Newsday, Art New England and many others.

From 1990-2000 Paxton taught painting and drawing at Rhode Island School of Design and Humboldt State University in California. In the Boston area she has taught at Montserrat Collage of Art, the Art Institute of Boston, Emerson Collage and the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth. She currently resides in Boston and is a full-time artist.