Kat Von D
Katherine von Drachenberg was born on March 8, 1982 in Monterey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Though her father (Rene Von Drachenberg) is of German descent and her mother (Sylvia Galeano) has Spanish-Italian roots, both her parents are native Argentinians.
Kat has two siblings, a sister named Karoline and a brother named Michael.
Kat Von D has recently made headlines in her choices of relationships - the end of a marriage, the near engagement with Alexander “Orbie” Orbison and now her relationship with a much older Nikki Sixx. Maybe we could chalk this one up to bad press.
Kat has also garnered attention (and perhaps not the good kind) with a recent photo with some anti-jew writings that was given to Ami James (of Miami Ink). We’re not sure if that was her doing of if it was someone trying to slander her character and her name… but it just didn’t come off that well - and for the most part it seems to be over with.
Those are just sidenotes really, what we need to focus on is the fact that Kat is an awesome tattoo artist. There is no doubt that she is the mistress of black and grey portraits. She loves to tattoo and brings attention to the Tattoo industry.
Never has tattooing been so mainstream and Kat is right there in LA doing what she loves to do - and that’s to create awesome images on the human canvas.
Visit Kat Von D’s official website at High Voltage Tattoo.
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