 Born in Leamington Spa to parents who were Jewish refugees, Rix has lived, worked and trained in London, Leeds, York, and Vienna (she spent two years at the studio of Fritz Wotruba); she has studied at Leeds College of Art and Central Saint Martins.Her mother, , is a twin sister of the Austrian writer Ilse Aichinger, and Rix grew up in the company of artists and intellectuals such as Anna Mahler and Elias Canetti.Some of Rix's work is oil on canvas, others comprise mixed media on paper.