My name is
Kawandeep Virdee 
I am the author of “Feeling Great About My
Butt,” and enjoy making media, ranging from interactive web experiments, to public art,
to wall
drawings. I organize events to inspire creativity — be it art & tech salons, workshops, or spaces to do nothing.
It is within spaces that cultivate creativity, community, and being that powerful opportunities emerge to address difficult challenges.
Previously, I was a data scientist at the New England Complex Systems Institute. My interest in tech led to me join Embedly as a machine learning engineer, soon leading product and strategy until acquisition by Medium in 2016. There I was a product manager for three years before founding an initiative to build a stronger connection with creators across the platform, which I led for two years.
I pursued independent work prototyping generative AI ideas and hosting AI events. I soon began consulting at Upstatement to develop the AI strategy and prototype the future of the internet as an AI Experience Research Engineer. I'm currently a creative technologist prototyping future experiences with AI at Google Labs, via Magnit.
My art has shown at venues including the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston Convention Center, SFMOMA, Transmediale, and the MIT Media Lab. Talks and workshops include MIT, Google Creative Lab, Facebook, Society of News Design, EYEO, FITC, and JSConf. My work has been covered in publications including the Atlantic, Science, Vice, NewScientist, Make, Core77, the New York Times, The Guardian, and the Globe.
