Art meets Island Atmosphere
SIVA presents her works at the Northern Lights Concept Store on Sylt
Westerland / Sylt – from Monday, 22nd December 2025, for four weeks
From this coming Monday, the internationally acclaimed artist SIVA will present a curated selection of her works at the renowned Northern Lights Concept Store, Norderstraße 29, in Westerland. The exhibition will be on display for four weeks and invites visitors to experience art within a distinctive island atmosphere.
Over recent years, the Northern Lights Concept Store has established itself as an exceptional venue for creative presentations, where art, design, lifestyle and exclusive brand experiences seamlessly converge.
SIVA – Work and Practice
SIVA’s works breathe depth and radiate an intense use of colour alongside a distinctive, spiritually aesthetic visual language. Her practice is characterised by an experimental approach and a consistent focus on the inner essence of each work.
On a subtle, energetic level, SIVA connects with her paintings. Each piece carries the magic of the sacred springs of Avalon – SIVA’s personal place of power. Using this water, she places the first impulses onto the canvas and then allows to emerge whatever speaks to her from within the image. The creative process resembles the deep, absorbed play of a child: free, intuitive and beyond intention. Those who have witnessed SIVA at work are familiar with this sense of enchantment and the lightness of her presence. SIVA does not paint with an objective in mind – it is the images that find SIVA.
“Where has one ever seen such a blue?”
– Quote from a laudatory speech on SIVA’s work by Professor Uli Rothfuss, PhDr., M.Sc.
Her colour dramaturgy is imbued with strong emotional force. It gives rise both to freely flowing worlds of form and to clear compositional structures such as the circle or the square, which function as focal points of visual concentration.
SIVA’s body of work opens up a multifaceted, poetic visual language that seeks to make the hidden impulses of life visible to the viewer.
SIVA’s art is represented online at www.thesiva.com, while www.sivalonia.com presents further significant parts of her oeuvre. Her creative practice is defined by energy and diversity, ranging from fine art and word poetry to musical projects such as SIVA SIVALONIA and SPIRIT OF SIVALONIA.
In her two stores in the Nordheide – SIVA STYLE and SIVA HEART SPACE – the artist also stages fashion, art, music and energy work in a unique way, opening her field to those who are interested, curious or searching.
Collectors, VIPs, global players, as well as art enthusiasts from business, politics and aristocratic circles are among the international admirers of her work. SIVA moves with confidence between contemporary painting, symbolism and highly personal expression – a combination that resonates strongly worldwide. Her works are available as originals, master replicas, art prints and limited editions, underlining the high esteem in which her artistic output is held.
Exhibition at the Northern Lights Concept Store presents curated selection
The Northern Lights Concept Store is regarded as an inspiring venue where art, lifestyle and high-quality brand presentations come together. With changing exhibitions, events and creative collaborations, the store has established itself as a cultural meeting point on Sylt – and now provides the ideal setting for SIVA’s powerful visual worlds.
From pop star to pop artist
Mark Medlock celebrates his comeback – with pictures in the rooms of Northern Lights in Westerland
Stephan von Kolson, Sylter Rundschau from 17th April 2025
WESTERLAND – It started by chance. With curiosity. Perhaps even with a bit of a guilty conscience. Nearly 15 years ago, Mark Medlock moved from Wörringen near Cologne to Sylt. “And for almost just as long, I haven’t had a look in the loft since moving,” says the winner of the fourth series of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS). What he then rediscovered were almost 40 canvases. Many are only half-finished, others are in such a state that he no longer recognises himself in them, and where only the frame appeals to him now. “I just thought: what a gift. Painting is exactly what I’ve unconsciously been missing for a long time,” says the former DSDS star, who in recent years had increasingly withdrawn from the public eye. Only recently, he surprised his more than 100,000 followers on social media by revealing that he’s working on pictures.
He became a star with Dieter Bohlen
The canvases he found in the loft, on the one hand, take him back to his childhood and youth in Offenbach near Frankfurt. “My dad was always either making music or painting,” the 46-year-old recalls. “And he even came first as a street artist in Georgia in the USA.” And for Mark Medlock himself, brushes and sketchbooks were constant companions from an early age. Even later on. When he was selling millions of records with DSDS and Dieter Bohlen, he would stand in front of the canvas in the quiet moments at home.
Does he need a particular place – or a certain mood – to be able to paint? “Not at all,” says Medlock. “Painting is like opening a window that I then close again.” A process that needs to disappear from his field of vision to allow new impressions. “I work at home on a frame in front of the washing machine. The paints and equipment are in the room behind. As soon as I’m finished, I tidy everything away immediately. After all, it should remain art – and not become work.”
And: painting was always a rather private affair for Mark Medlock. “That was what I could do when I had some peace away from Dieter Bohlen,” says Medlock with a wink, and the level of irony in that remains open to interpretation. But seriously: “No one knew I painted.” And for a long time, the Frankfurt native had resisted showing his pictures. Currently, he has three canvases at home measuring 1.5 by 2.3 metres. “Blank canvases provoke me,” says Medlock. What does he intend to do with the canvases? “I paint myself naked with paint and roll around on them,” he says, laughing, and then: “Honestly, I don’t know what will happen yet.” He’s just an ordinary bloke. “Having an exhibition here on Sylt in the rooms of Northern Lights is like someone inviting me on a flight to Mars: unbelievable!” Medlock sees himself as a Pop Art artist. “A lot of myself is in it. Naivety, very bright colours. Direct observations on Sylt. Spontaneous ideas.” Like the crow god, he says, pointing to one of the few rather gloomy pictures. Every day at 5 pm, a huge flock of crows would fly to his house and darken the sky. “And I just thought: thanks for the inspiration!”
Will he sing? No question!
Recurring motifs are seahorses. The pictures are meant to convey cheerfulness. Occasionally, however, he also has to include a political statement. For example, with a male mermaid who, with his top hat, is somewhat reminiscent of one of those business tycoons from the 1920s. “The way the seas are currently being overfished – it can’t go on like this.” Or a media-critical motif, which he also sees with a twinkle in his eye on the canvas. Mark Medlock’s pictures can be seen in the “Northern Lights Concept Store” in Norderstraße, Westerland. The private view starts this Saturday, 19th April. From 10 am to 4 pm, the exhibition will initially be open to the press, collectors and art enthusiasts. From 4 pm onwards, the artist will also be present in person, together with his manager and best friend Cornelia Reckert. Will Mark Medlock sing? Let’s just say this much: a stage has already been set up.
After the event, a report appeared on Sylt1.
Sylt Art Fair 2025: New mobility partner for international art exhibition
The sixth edition of the renowned Sylt Art Fair will once again turn the picturesque North Sea island into a stage for art enthusiasts from all over the world from 7 June to 14 September 2025. In the Neue Bootshalle in List, the fair will present an impressive selection of over 400 works of art on around 600 square metres. The high-calibre project brings together the ‘who's who’ of the international art scene with promising new talents.
Visitors can expect a fascinating range of sculptures and paintings by internationally acclaimed artists such as Gerhard Richter, Erwin Wurm, Tony Cragg, Bernar Venet, Ai Weiwei, Max Ernst, Günther Uecker, Heinz Mack, Gottfried Helnwein, Julian Schnabel, Damien Hirst, David LaChapelle, Jeff Koons, Markus Lüpertz, Mel Ramos and Jiri Dokoupil. Their masterpieces of contemporary art enter into an exciting dialogue with the works of up-and-coming artists, including Dieter Nuhr and Rita Sabo, Dietmar Brixy, Ben Büchner and Juan Amador, Gregory de la Haba and Felix Giesen.
Organised by Geuer & Geuer Art GmbH in cooperation with artstar Verlag, the Sylt Art Fair promises a varied art experience with a wide range of styles, from classic contemporary art to street art and pop art.
A lively supporting programme complements the pure presentation of the artworks. Inspiring Art Nights, artist talks and meet & greets offer art lovers the unique opportunity to learn more about the works and get in direct contact with the artists.
As the official mobility partner of Sylt Art Fair 2025, Northern Lights Concept Store will be providing the exclusive VIP shuttle service with its new fleet of Genesis vehicles. If you have received one of the coveted vouchers for the Sylt Art Fair shuttle service, please book your journey at info@northernlights-sylt.de.
In addition, the Northern Lights Concept Store invites you to test drive one of four Genesis models. Use this link to book your dream car from the brand for a first spin around the island.
Admission to the exhibition is free of charge.
When & Where
7 June - 14 September 2025
Sylt Art Fair
Neue Bootshalle List
Am Hafen 5
DE - 25992 List auf Sylt
Contact
Michael Hoppe
Phone: +49 (0)160 4496 525
Michael Gleissner
Phone: +49 (0)178 8288 673
Northern Lights Concept Store Sylt
Norderstraße 29
25980 Westerland / Sylt
Phone. +49 (0)4651 2990462
info@northernlights-sylt.de