Rats of the Deep

one color linoprints: rats, dogs, worms, siblings.

A linoprint in dark blue ink on light blue background. Dogs are looking out of small arched windows in a strange architecture. they are surrounded by a border of rats.

A linoprint in dark blue ink on light blue background. A girl sits next to a sixlegged creature. They are surrounded by a border made of worms and frogs.

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Yael Rathjens is an illustrator and designer based in Berlin. She studied visual communication and graphic arts at the University of the Arts in Berlin and at the Art Academy of Latvia in Riga.
She focuses on illustration in print, animation and installation.

In her practice she illustrates scenes drawn from conversations with friends, lost objects and speculative futures. Her commissioned works range from playing cards to editorial illustrations.

Exhibitions:
2025, Some Words Sound Louder than Others, Salon am Moritzplatz.
2024, La Mer Blessee, SOMA Art Space.
2022, Risikofaktor, Senefelder Straße 29-30.
Ab 2020, Rundgang UdK

Selected clients:
University of the arts berlin
Ernährungsrat oldenburg
Ideendirektoren oldenburg

Selected references:
Klinikum Oldenburg
Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg
EWE Netz
Secalflor
Genkidama

Articles:
2025 UdK Journal 31 "Partner"