Dr Matt Lodder is an art historian, curator, writer, podcaster and broadcaster. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art History at the University of Essex. His research primarily concerns the application of art-historical methods to history of Western tattooing from the 17th century to the present day, with a principal focus on the professional era from the 1880s onwards.

His first monograph, Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos, was published in 2022. His next book, Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art, was released by Yale University Press in 2024. His latest major exhibition, British Tattoo Art Revealed, began at the National Maritime Museum Falmouth in March 2017 and toured the UK through to 2021. His podcast, Beneath the Skin, was recently voted best independent history podcast in the UK.