Art Alive 2025 Rotunda Floral Installation
by Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz

Floral art installation, Entwined, transforms the visitor’s experience as they circulate through the Museum’s central rotunda. The modern kinetic sculpture extends from the ground floor to the ceiling of the rotunda forty feet overhead, rotating around a central axis in a meditative rhythm.
The structure consists of a three-dimensional chain, made of interlocking copper rings and an integrated vertical garden of greenery and flowers. It is inspired by architect Norman Foster’s work, currently featured at The San Diego Museum of Art in Foster + Partners: Architecture of Light and characterized by a holistic approach that considers the environment, the biosphere, and the technosphere. Entwined envisions an optimistic engagement with the modern world, in which industrial and natural elements are integrated into a unified, living whole.
The installation color palette takes inspiration from the Spanish Renaissance architecture of the Museum, including Moorish decorative elements, with hues of maroon, marigold and ochre, rich greens, and pale pink.
About Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz

Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz, a wife-and-husband team, are internationally renowned floral installation artists.
Natasha and Daniel create in the nexus of sculpture and floral art. Their unique modern art installations combine the emotion of flowers with fascinating structures of industrial materials. Their studio Waterlily Pond, based in San Francisco, has been commissioned by museums, cathedrals, public spaces, and cultural organizations around the world to create large-scale floral art, with suspended installations up to 2,000 pounds in weight.
Natasha and Daniel have participated as featured artists in exhibitions around the world. These include the American Institute of Floral Designers National Symposiums, Bouquets to Art at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Art Alive 2018 at The San Diego Museum of Art, Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona, World Flower Show in Japan, Floral Art Russia, Iberiada Mexico, Festival Flora Spain where they won Grand prize, and the Singapore Garden Festival, where they won Gold medal and Best in Show for their installation Stretching Time.
They have taught workshops and presented stage demonstrations around the United States and worldwide, with residencies in Shanghai, Bogota, Mexico City, and Qatar.
Natasha and Daniel’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including international design books Florever Wherever and International Floral Art, and Natasha’s own monograph Exuberant Floral Art published by Stichting Kunstboek in Belgium.
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