Matt Danzig's Email & Phone

Matt Danzig, Co-Founder and Senior Art Director Matt (avatar "Matt") co-founded IMVU in April 2004 and has served as Senior Art Director from its inception. Matt is responsible for creating IMVU's avatars and virtual environments. In fact, Matt is the original creator of IMVU's wonderfully expressive yet highly customizable avatars. Matt is also a key leader of the Content Creator program, IMVU's proprietary, user-generated content system. Prior to IMVU, Matt served as lead concept artist, then Kinetic Art Director, at There.com. Matt's work at There.com, where he was responsible for everything that moved in its virtual world (avatars, pets, vehicles) laid the foundation for There.com to earn an Emmy award in 2007. Matt began his career as a classically trained illustrator and writer in New York City. Matt earned a B.F.A. in Illustration from New York's School of Visual Arts. Matt loves to paint and draw landscape from life and to write the occasional children's story. Matt also has a fondness for chickens.