Bio


Alexander Chen's work combines music, design, and coding. His personal projects include a transformation of a New York subway map into a string instrument, and visualizations of the music of Bach, Beach Boys, and Steve Reich. This work has been featured by The New York Times, BBC, Wired, and more.

He is currently a Creative Director at Google. At Google, he has helped lead projects such as the Les Paul doodle (an interactive instrument on Google's homepage which generated 5.1 years worth of shared music), Chrome Music Lab (a website used in music classrooms around the world), and A.I. Experiments (projects that make machine learning more accessible and understandable).

He plays viola and other instruments, and is currently living in Massachusetts.

Twitter: @alexanderchen
Email: alex@chenalexander.com

Selected Press & AwardsExhibitionsSpeaker
  • 2012: Visualized, NY
  • 2012: TedX Youth, Google, NY
  • 2011: Leaders in Software and Art, NY
  • 2011: Saatchi & Saatchi 7x7, NY
  • 2011: Festival of Ideas for the New City, Pecha Kucha
  • 2006: Flash Forward Conference