HENRY ROARK

Author Bio: Henry 磊磊 Roark is beloved. He wears many identities and walks in many worlds. He enjoys reading nonfiction; writing essays and poetry; and making visual art in wide ranging media, currently collage and origami. He had one long and many short-lived careers along with unfinished graduate degrees in architecture, divinity, and library science. After stepping down from various volunteer commitments, he currently only serves on the Board of Directors at the Roxie Theater... Artist Bio: My first medium was Ticonderoga HB #2 pencil and printer paper, sketching portraits of shirtless Goku. Then I armed myself with my uncle's old Minolta and a darkroom in high school, where I developed portrait photography and exhibited Faces of IMSA outside the principal's office. I focused on capturing emotional presence, something I've continued to explore across mediums, at a highly technical boarding school Wired called "Hogwarts for Hackers."