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Rachel Paxton EDUCATION
1987 MFA, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1981 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Rachel Paxton GALLERY AFFILIATION
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Rachel Paxton ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1999 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1997 Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1996 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1995 Paris, New York, Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1994 Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
1992 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1991 Truchas Gallery, Eureka, CA
1990 Zoe Gallery, Boston, MA
Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Zoe Gallery, Boston, MA
1987 Gallery Eleven, Tufts University, Medford, MA
The Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Rachel Paxton SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Allyn Gallop Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Longstreth/Goldberg Art, Naples FL
2003 Clark Gallery- New Work, Lincoln, MA
Boston Art- In Good Company, Boston, MA
2002 The Museum of Fine Arts- Art in Bloom, Boston, MA
2001 Sailors Valentine Gallery- White, Nantucket, MA
2000 The Art Complex Museum- More Unique Seats, Duxbury, MA
New Bedford Art Museum- Fine Arts Downtown 2000, New Bedford, MA
The Harbor Art Gallery- Awake, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA
1999 Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL
Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, CT
The Craven Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
1998 Main Street Gallery- Collage, Nantucket, MA
Gay Head Gallery, Aquinnah, MA
New Art Center- Altars & Icons, Newton, MA
1997 Mills Gallery- The Drawing Show, Boston Center For The Arts, Boston, MA
Art & Interior, Limited- Black and White Exhibition, New York, NY
1995 The Frick Gallery- Collage, Belfast, ME
1985 The Federal Reserve Bank- Massachusetts Artists Foundation Grant Recipients Boston, MA
1994 Monserrat College of Art- The Quiet Passion of the Still Life, Beverly, MA
Gallery 659,- Jamaica Plain Artists: Untold Mastery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Cornwall Gallery- Confluence 1994, Jamaica Plain, MA
1993 Boston Architectural Center- Art About Architecture, Boston, MA
1992 Fitchburg Art Museum- New England/New Talent, Fitchburg, MA
1991 Daniel Saxon Gallery- Of Nature and the Human Spirit, Los Angeles, CA
Zoe Gallery- Gallery Artists/Celebrate Boston Now, Boston, MA
1990 The Art Center- Paxton, Hampson & Beaudet, Eureka, CA
The Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA
1989 Julia Saul Gallery- The Last Picture Show, Sudbury, MA
Woods Gerry Gallery- 12 X 12: RISD Small Works, RISD, Providence, RI
Brockton Art Museum- Common Roots/Diverse Objectives: RISD Alumni in Boston, Brockton, MA
1988 Institute of Contemporary Art- Boston Now - Works on Paper, Boston, MA
Zoe Gallery- Summer Review/Gallery Artists, Boston, MA
Berkshire Museum- Works on Paper, Pittsfield, MA
1987 Alpha Gallery- New Talent, Boston, MA
Brockton Art Museum- The Fifth Brockton Triennial, Brockton, MA
Rose Art Museum- Expressive Systems/Eloquent Voices, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1986 Boston Center for the Arts- Dana Pond Painting Exhibition, Boston, MA
1985 Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA
The Chapel Gallery- Four In/Out, Newton, MA
Rachel Paxton TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1992-00   University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
1988-89 & 91-98   Emerson College, Boston, MA
1992-96   Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1991-94   The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1989 & 92-93   Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
1990-91   Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Rachel Paxton SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2002 Budris, John, Vineyard Style
2000 Daniel, Seth, Jamaica Plain Gazette
MacQuarrie, Brian, The Boston Globe
McQuaid, Cate, The Boston Globe
1998 Toale, Bernard, Stuff Magazine
Bell, Ben, Jamacia Plain Arts News
1997 Preview, Museum of Fine Arts Magazine
1996 McQuaid, Cate, The Boston Globe
Hummel, Helen, Jamaica Plain Arts News
1995 Donker, Peter P., The Worcester Telegram
Unger, Miles, Art New England
Silver, Joanne, Boston Sunday Herald
Temin, Christine, The Boston Globe
1994 Clark, Elisabeth, The Beverly Times
Gardener, Renee, New York Newsday
1993 Galiga, Deborah, Jamaica Plain Arts News
1992 Carlock, Marty, Wayland/Weston Town Crier
1990 Bonetti, David, San Francisco Examiner
Sherman, Mary, The Boston Globe
1988 Bonetti, David, The Boston Phoenix
Kort, Carol, The Boston Ledger.
Temin, Christine, The Boston Globe
1987 Day, Meredith F., Century Newspaper
Carlock, Marty, The Sudbury Town Crier
Narrett, Eugene, New Art Examiner.
Stoops, Susan, Brandeis University Catalogue.
Taylor, Robert, The Boston Globe.
Rachel Paxton CITATIONS IN BOOKS
2009 Studio Visit, volume five, pp. 132,133.
1999 New American Paintings, Number 20, The Open Studios Press
1996 Atkinson, Jennifer, Collage Art, Rockport Pub., Inc

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