Mads Warnica-Powers (they/them) is a genderqueer white settler, of Scandinavian/Scottish ancestry, working and living as an uninvited guest on the unceded and ancestral territory of Kjipuktuk in Mi’kma’ki. They are an aspiring community arts pedagogist, interdisciplinary craftsperson, research assistant and diviner who moves through the world attuned to the wisdom shaped by their lived experiences of learning disabilities, neurodivergence, Madness, and fatness. 

Driven by curious-led resiliency, their practice dwells in the tactile pathways where personal and collective healing meet. Through multisensorial listening and hands-on inquiry, they explore how healing can emerge from the alchemical interplay between grief, queerness, and embodied meaning-making. Their interdisciplinary approach invites a (re)imagining of what art education can be; a field for aliveness, restorative rituals, and transformative care-based collaboration. They are a BealArt Alumni with a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts (2023), currently in the Masters of Art Education Program at NSCAD University