I want my breath to rip me from the confines of this world and bring me to an experiential transcendence: an other realm where life is not dictated by physicality alone.

Rachel Albee is a Minnesota-based artist exploring breath as a conduit between realms of existence. With an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills,  Michigan, Albee uses unfired clay to create instruments that transform breath into auditory interfaces that draw the viewer into the sensation of the unknown - a topic that has drawn Albee since her brother's mysterious death in 2024. Her work examines the unlikely relationship grief has with joy, the precious finitude of breath, and faith as a companion to traverse the unknown. Glass, water, metal, and plastic are also relevant in these conversations.

In 2025, Albee received a Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation Materials Award and attended a summer residency at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, Maine. She has been featured in multiple group shows, including Overt Space Gallery's 2024 group exhibition "Textures" in Stoughton, Wisconsin; Forum Gallery's 2025 group exhibition "Echo" in Bloomfield Hills, MI; and Tall Space Gallery’s 2026 group show “Moist-en and Fresh-en as On Ward You Flow” in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.