Rachel Paxton received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Her neon sign paintings are currently represented by Mixx Atelier in Telluride, Colorado, SlipStitch Studio in Seattle, WA and Bee Street Gallery in Dallas, TX.

Her work has been exhibited at many galleries and museums since 1987. In the Boston area, Ms. Paxton has exhibited at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Alpha Gallery, and the Zoe Gallery, on Newbury St. 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, Ms. 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/Polack 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.

Ms. Paxton’s work has been published in four books, Collage Art, by Rockport Publishers and New American Painters, 1998 Northeastern States, New American Painters, 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 Ms. Paxton taught painting and drawing at Rhode Island School of Design, Humboldt State University in California, Montserrat Collage of Art, the Art Institute of Boston, Emerson Collage and the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth. 

From 2001-2010 Ms. Paxton lived in Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, exhibiting her artwork at fine art fairs throughout New England including, Paradise City Arts Festival, The Bruce Museum Fine Art Festival, Westport Fine Art Festival, Wickford Fine Art Festival and the Artrider Festivals. She resides in Boston.