Kat Von D

About

Katherine von Drachenberg (born March 8, 1982), known professionally as Kat Von D, is a Mexican-born American tattoo artist, television personality, entrepreneur and recording artist. She was a tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show LA Ink, which premiered in the United States on August 7, 2007, and ran for four seasons. She is also known for being the former head of Kat Von D Beauty (renamed KVD Beauty). In May 2021, Kat Von D released her first single “Exorcism” from her album Love Made Me Do It. Her second studio album, My Side of the Mountain, was released in 2024.

Katherine von Drachenberg was born in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico. Her parents, René and Sylvia (née Galeano), both of whom were missionaries for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, were born in Argentina, and are respectively of German, Italian, Spanish, and Indigenous descent. Von D has a sister, Karoline and a brother, Michael. She moved with her family from Mexico to the United States at age four and grew up in Colton, California. Von D was classically trained in piano beginning at age six. Von D speaks Spanish and English.
Von D credits her paternal grandmother, Clara von Drachenberg…