Matt grew up around the Twin Cities area, becoming a self-taught tattoo artist in 1994.  He has solely owned GTTP tattoos his entire career.  Matt has guided 9 artists in apprenticeships to become successful tattooers, with the honor of one of them being his own daughter.  Matt has traveled to many different states and two countries as a guest artist in his career. He can deliver saturated tones and timeless black and grey pieces alike. He enjoys doing large-scale projects, small tattoos, cover up, rework and everything in between.