Matt Lodder is a Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory, Director of American Studies, and a Public Voice Scholar at the University of Essex, UK. His first monograph, Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos, was published by HarperCollins in 2022. His latest major exhibition, British Tattoo Art Revealed, began at the National Maritime Museum Falmouth in March 2017 and toured nationwide through 2020. His tattoo podcast, Beneath the Skin, was recently voted best independent history podcast in the UK.