Project Description

ARTISTS | Colleen Wall, Maurice Mickelow, Hope O’Chin, Dhana Bokelund & Lyndon Davis
PROJECT | Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Indigenous Welcome ‘Wanya’
CLIENT | Lendlease on behalf of Exemplar Health and Queensland Government
iAM Scope | Curatorial, Graphic Design, Public Art Project Management
WUNYA means ‘welcome’ in the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) language, the traditional owners and custodians of this area. This unique collaborative artwork symbolises a call to country, where the artists represent meaningful elements of their native flora and fauna.
Kabai Bee, the endangered Bulimbirjari Butterfly and Mibir Mary River turtle are all very important spirit people of our land law. – Colleen Wall
The Dolphin, Yuloo, and the Goanna, Waruee, in their environment, both embody our values of ‘Place’, ‘Belonging’, ‘Respect’ and ‘Lore’. – Hope O’Chin
We look after our ancestral country, Djaagan – from the ocean and rivers, to the rainforest and mountains – and the land looks after us. – Maurice Mickelo
The Bauple, Macadamia nut signifies the uniqueness of our flora and fauna as it grew only in the Kabi Kabi catchment originally. – Dhana Bokelund
The Black Swan, Goolooin, represents Maroochy, an ancestral being searching for the spirit of lost love Guloom, Mt Coolum. – Lyndon Davis
