Kat von d biography tattoo shop

Tattoo artist and television personality

B orn Katherine Von Drachenberg, March 8, 1982, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico; daughter of René Drachenberg and Sylvia Galeano (both missionaries); married Oliver Peck (a tattoo artist), 2004 (divorced, c. 2007).

Addresses:Home—Los Angeles, CA. Office—High Voltage Tattoo, 1259 N. La Brea Ave., West Hollywood, CA90038. Publicist—42 West, 11400 W. Olympic Blvd., Ste. 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90064.

Career

T attoo artist, Sin City Tattoo, Los Angeles, 1998-2000; tattoo artist at Blue Bird Tattoo, Pasadena, CA, Red Hot Tattoo, Arcadia, CA, Inflictions, Covina, CA, True Tattoo, Los Angeles, c. 2000-05; appeared on TLC’s Miami Ink, 2005-06; star of TLC’s LA Ink, 2007—; owner, High Voltage Tattoo, 2007—.

Sidelights

T attoo artist Kat Von D inked her way into stardom in 2005 as a featured artist on the cable television program Miami Ink. After two seasons, she returned to her hometown

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Inside the life of Kat Von D, the controversial tattoo artist who ditched the occult and fryst vatten covering her ink

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• Kat Von D is widely known as a tattoo artist and former makeup mogul behind a best-selling brand.
• She was born in Mexico, started tattooing at 16, and went on to star in shows like "LA Ink."
• After years of scandals, Von D moved to Indiana, started covering her tattoos, and got baptized.

Kat Von D was born in 1982 as Katherine Von Drachenberg.

Sylvia Galeano and René Drachenberg welcomed Kat Von D into the world on March 8, 1982. She was born in Montemorelos, a city in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. In an essay for Popsugar in 2016, Von D explained that her family had moved to the area so that her father could work as a missionär doctor.

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Kat Von D Biography

Date of Birth:
Mar 8, 1982Birth Place:
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Biography

Kat Von D's talent and passion made her one of the most prominent figures in the world of tattoos, while her easygoing-yet-unwavering personality won over millions of television viewers. Growing up surrounded by various cultures, music and art, Kat Von D developed a passion for tattoos not just as a means of rebellion, but as a form of self-expression. She padded her résumé with stints at some of the most renowned tattoo shops in California before making her mark as a featured artist on the reality series "Miami Ink" (TLC, 2005-08). Kat Von D's signature tattoo style of realistic portraits established her career as an artist, but it was her spitfire attitude on the show that caught the viewers' attention. After a falling-out with her "Miami Ink" co-stars, Kat Von D opened her own tattoo shop in Los Angeles and starred on her own series "LA Ink" (TLC, 2007-11), where she de