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Research and Teaching
BA (Hons) French & German University of Bradford, MA, Critical Theory (The Body and Representation) - Reading, PhD, History of Art - Reading.
His research is centred on the application of art-historical methodologies to the history of Western tattooing from the 17th century to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the professional era from the 1880s onwards.In addition to this, his expertise extends to broader histories of body modification practices in the West, encompassing tongue splitting, implants, and other related procedures. In addition to these areas of expertise, he has published extensively on feminist debates in pornography and on the intersections of consent, culture and the law in the context of 1970s and '80s queer subcultures. He has delivered a number of invited lectures at prestigious venues including the V&A, the National Museum of Scotland, the Tokyo National Museum, and the Museum of London.
His teaching expertise encompasses European, American and Japanese art, architecture, visual culture and theory from the late 19th century to the present, including modern and contemporary art post-1945, digital and "new media" art, and the intersections between art and politics.
He has also published academic papers in renowned publications such as the Sculpture Journal, and contributed forewords for many popular books on tattooing. He has contributed articles to the Royal Academy Magazine, History Today, The Guardian and others, and appeared on broadcast media across the globe.
Bibliogaphy
Alexa MacDermot (editor), Kathrina Rupit (other), Matt Lodder (other) Goblin Market: Irish New Contemporary Art (Hardback) Publisher: White Lady Art Books 2012 ISBN: 9780957322301
Al Overdrive (author,inset photographer), Matt Lodder (author of introduction) No Commercial Value: The Photography of Al Overdrive (Paperback) Publisher: Al Overdrive Photography 2008 ISBN: 9780955867101
Matt Lodder (author) Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos (Hardback)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers 2022 ISBN: 9780008402068
Matt Lodder (author) Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings (Paperback) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers 2023 ISBN: 9780008402105
Matt Lodder (author) Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art (Hardback) Publisher: Yale University Press 2024 ISBN: 9780300269390
Journal articles
Lodder, M., (2016). Visual pleasure and gonzo pornography: Mason’s challenge to convention in ‘the hardest of hardcore’. Porn Studies. 3 (4), 373-385 Dymock, A. and Lodder, M., (2016). 'The Erotics of Injury: Remembering Operation Spanner Workshops', 10&11 September 2015, University of Essex and Royal Holloway, University of London. Porn Studies. 3 (3), 320-323 Lodder, M., (2015). ‘Things of the sea’: iconographic continuities between tattooing and handicrafts in Georgian-era maritime culture. Sculpture Journal. 24 (2), 195-210 Lodder, M., (2013). Art History in the Pub. Journal of Visual Culture. 12 (2), 332-338
Exhibitions
His latest major exhibition, 'British Tattoo Art Revealed', began at the National Maritime Museum Falmouth in March 2017 and toured nationwide through 2020.
Art Exchange at our Colchester Campus from 19 January to 17 February 2018: Skin Digging at Art Exchange tells the story of Jessie Knight (1904-1992), part of an eccentric family including knife throwers, a cowboy act and a poet, who took over her father’s tattoo shop aged 18. In a career from the 1920s to 1960s she went on to run several shops on England’s south coast which drew in clients from around the world.
https://www.artexchange.org.uk/exhibition/skin-digging/
https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2018/01/18/new-exhibition-celebrates-female-tattoo-artists
Lodder, M. and Kavanagh, J., Tattoo London