Kat Von D Biography
Kat Von D is a tattoo artist, model, entrepreneur, and recording artist of Mexican descent. Her work as a tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show LA Ink made her famous. She was also the previous president of Kat Von D Beauty (renamed KVD Vegan Beauty).
How old is Kat Von?- D Age
Kat is 40 years old as of March 2022. She was born Katherine von Drachenberg on March 8, 1982, in Montemorelos, Mexico.
Who are Kat Von D’s parents?- Family – Siblings
D was born in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to Argentinean couple, Rene Drachenberg and Sylvia Galeano. Her father is of German descent, while her mother is of Italian-Spanish ancestry. She was born alongside her brother Michael von Drachenberg and sister Karoline von Drachenberg.
Who is Kat Von D’s Husband? – Married
In 2003, she married Oliver Peck, a fellow True Tattoo tattoo artist. Their marriage, however, ended in divorce in 2007. In 2008, she began dating Nikki Sixx, the bassist for the American rock band Mötley Crüe, but they parted up in January 2010.
Jesse James, the CEO of West Coast Choppers and a reality TV celebrity, proposed to her. In the eight months that followed, the two broke up and then patched up before officially declaring their split.
She began dating Joel Zimmerman, better known as deejay Deadmau5, a Canadian music producer, in September 2012, and the couple announced their engagement in December. She later ended the relationship owing to adultery. She has been linked to comedian Tom Green since they were first seen together in July 2013.
Kat Von D Career
She dropped out of school at the age of 16 to pursue a career as a tattoo artist, and in 1998 she began working at Sin City Tattoo, a local professional shop. She spent the following few years honing her craft at places like Blue Bird Tattoo and Inflictions, acquiring experience and honing her skills. She worked at True Tattoo with Tim Hendricks, Clay Decker, and Chris Garver, who encouraged her to try her luck at ‘Miami Ink.’ In 2005, she was employed as a replacement for injured Darren Brass at 305 Ink in Miami. She worked on the TLC network’s ‘Miami Ink’ for two seasons until being forced to resign due to disagreements with the show’s owner, Ami James.
In 2007, she returned to Los Angeles and started High Voltage Tattoo in Hollywood, California. This aided her in having her own reality show on TLC, ‘LA Ink,’ which includes tattoo tales from diverse clientele. In January 2009, she released her first book, ‘High Voltage Tattoo,’ a collection of tattoos and artwork with a foreword written by Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx. The book debuted at #6 on the New York Times Best Sellers list. ‘The Tattoo Chronicles,’ her second book, was released in October 2010 and debuted at #3 on The New York Times’ ‘Hardcover Advice & Misc’ best-seller list. ‘LA Ink’ aired for four seasons before being canceled in 2011 due to TLC’s cancellation of the contract.
In 2008, she debuted her own cosmetics line, Kat Von D for Sephora, and in 2010, she opened Wonderland Gallery, a gallery and boutique adjacent to High Voltage Tattoo. She launched her own clothing line, KVD Los Angeles and Kat Von D Los Angeles, in Canada and the United States during the autumn 2011 season. She has appeared as a guest on a number of talk shows and television shows, including ‘Pimp My Ride’ (2004), ‘Bam’s Unholy Union’ (2007), ‘MADtv’ (2008), and ‘I Love Jenni’ (2009). (2013). ‘Bam Margera Presents: Where the Fuck Is Santa?’ (2008) and ‘The Bleeding’ are two of her film credits (2009). She has a significant number of music band logos tattooed all over her body.
Kat Von D Net Worth
The famous tattoo artist has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.