Kat Von D (real name Katherine von Drachenberg) was born on March 8, 1982 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She is a tattoo artist.

Biography and Career :

At the age of four she moved with her family in California. Because she did her first tattoo at a really early age, 14, and also because she worked for the first time in a tattoo shop when she was 16, she was very close to the world of tattoos.

She is now working at the Miami Ink studio in Miami Beach, Florida, at the True Tattoo shop in Hollywood, California and Elm Street Tattoo in Dallas, Texas.

She appeared in a music video, in HIM's "Killing Loneliness". She is working as a tattoo artist in both America and Canada and is accomplished in portrait and realisti c art with an emphasis on black and gray scale. Kat Von D got married to Oliver Peck, also a tattoo artist.

She also worked in other places like Elm Street Tattoo in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas and Inflictions in Covina, California. A lot of celebrities have tattoos made by Kat von D: A. B. Quintanilla Eric Malburg, Matt Skiba, Kurk Gravitron, Davey Havok, Eric Balfour, Mike Vallely, Ryan Wombacher, Kimi Huggerbean, Scott Danough, Brandan Schieppati, Derek Youngsma, Bam Margera, Ville Valo, Steve-O, Gordon Listerine, Frank Iero, Travis Barker, Nick 13, Jeffree Star, Scott Ian, Nicole Richie, Sebastian Bach, Margaret Cho, and Eve.

Trivia :

- Her parents' names are Rene Drachenberg and Sylvia Galeano.
- They were born in Argentina with Spanish, Italian and German origins.
- She was 14 when she had her first tattoo done.
- She was married with Oliver Peck between 2003 and 2007.
- She is a collector of vintage platform shoes and designer clothing.
- She played in an episode of 'Bam's Unholy Union'.

Quotes :

- "I got to actually tattoo one of the members of The Misfits. The very first tattoo I ever did was this Misfits skull."

- "Growing up with a punk-rock background and being an artist all my life, tattooing was something that naturally came to me, I guess. Tattooing just kinda landed in my lap and I gravitated toward it."
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Kat Von D News

Kat Von D is not engaged with Jesse James (November 29, 2010)

Kat Von D will marry Jesse James in a month (February 03, 2011)

Kat Von D and Sandra Bullock are not getting along (March 16, 2011)

Kat Von D Lists

	Participants in American reality television series
	American television personalities
	Tattoo artists
	Mexican American artists
	American people of Argentine descent
	American people of German descent
	People from Monterrey
	American people of Spanish descent
	People from the Inland Empire (California)
	1982 births
	Living people

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Tags: 1982, nuevo leon, mexico, tattoo, tattoo artist, hollywood, texas

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Category: Others  - ( Others Archive)

Date Added: 18 August '12

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