Nea Marten

It was four decades ago when Sylvia Martens, alias Nea Marten, was three years old and painted the children's room wallpaper with pens while dreamily singing to herself. The first two big M's for painting and music were on the horizon.
After school, she trained as a dentist's assistant and did a te...

It was four decades ago when Sylvia Martens, alias Nea Marten, was three years old and painted the children's room wallpaper with pens while dreamily singing to herself. The first two big M's for painting and music were on the horizon.
After school, she trained as a dentist's assistant and did a technical college entrance qualification. It wasn't the right thing. So she started studying interior design and later a career as a singer in bands, as a solo artist with her own albums and as a songwriter.

15 years on the road, living out of a suitcase - on the road to interviews and appearances on radio and TV (MDR, Sat.1, NDR, HR, SWR), on stage with her hits like "Es rappelt im Karton" (electropop from the TV advert for eis.de) and radio and TV singles like "Puppy Love", "Kaleidoskop" or "Magic Mystery" (produced by 80s hit producers and Udo Lindenberg producers).

During the Corona lockdown in 2021, the Thuringian native rediscovered painting. "When I calm down, I long for paper and brushes." At the same time, Sylvia Martens completed a distance learning journalism course in Berlin and has been working as a radio presenter at MDR in Erfurt for three years - the third big M.

At her own request, she is less on stage these days: But no painting is created without her quietly singing along to her favorite music - especially Phil Collins.
Hence the title of her first vernissage on April 20, 2024, "Going back - To the beginning." The painter, presenter and musician is returning to her roots.
In her luggage is a suitcase full of dreams and questions like those from her childhood, which she is now bringing to the canvas as Nea Marten.

The beginning of an exciting journey that is bearing its first fruits: Since 2023, 14 paintings have been sold to lovers of her art in the 5-digit range.

Only occasionally does Nea Marten return to the stage - also with new songs. The single "Leicht" (2022) - produced and written in Sweden together with Tony Malm (Anastacia) has been broadcast on NDR, BR and MDR since then.

At the same time, the multi-talented artist is working on new paintings for a second solo vernissage in 2025.