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 & Awards
- 2016: Cannes Gold Lion, Chrome Music Lab
- 2013: New York Times / USA Today
- 2012: Wired (Bach)
- 2012: Mathematical Music, BBC
- 2011: The New York Times
- 2011: Wall Street Journal
- 2011: Huffington Post
- 2011: Engadget
- 2011: Wired Science
- 2011: Mashable
- 2011: The Guardian
- 2011: Fast Company
- 2011: Creativity
- 2017: Dot Piano, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
- 2013: Grand Central Station, On Time exhibition
- 2012: Eyebeam, Artist in residence
- 2012: Pixxelpoint Festival, Slovenia, Italy
- 2009: Museum of Design, Zurich
- 2006: Sonar Festival, Barelona
- 2005: Museum of the Moving Image, NY
- 2004: The Mu, Eindhoven
- 2004: Flash Forward Conference
- 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







