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Kat Von D: Artist Of Tattoo

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Marika Vesco
Art Appreciation
Mr. Miller
November 30th, 2016

Artist of Tattoos Katherine von Drachenberg also known as Kat von D is a tattoo artist, model, musician, business owner, entrepreneur, and a tv personality. Kat was born on March 8th, 1982 in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Her father is Rene Drachenberg who is German and her mother is Sylvia Galeano who is Italian-Spanish. Kat has a close bond with her brother Michael von Drachenberg and her sister Karoline von Drachenberg. Kat and her family moved to L.A. and settled in Colton, California when she was four years old. At the age of six she started Piano lessons. She gives the credit of introducing her to art to her grandmother; by playing the piano, listening to Beethoven who …show more content…

This tattoo was given to her by her neighbor Oliver Guthrie who did three more tattoos on her that she later had removed. The other three tattoos were a New York pinup on her left ram, a rose and wrench on her right calf, and a flaming music note on her left shoulder. Her first tattoo was on her friend of a misfit skull. When she was sixteen she dropped out of school to become a tattoo artist; In 1998 she stated at Sin City Tattoo. Over the next few years she worked in several different tattoo parlors until she became successful at True Tattoo. Kat became one of the busiest tattoo artist in L.A. She worked with Tim Hendricks, Clay Decker and Chris Garver; these co-workers recommended she go work at Miami Ink. In 2005 Kat took Darren Brass spot at Miami Ink, which was also a tv series on TLC at the time. Miami Ink helped Kat rise with fame after displaying her realistic tattoo portraits. Due to constant verbal disagreements with the Owner of Miami Ink she was fired. She returned to Los Anglos at this time and opened her own shop called High Voltage Tattoo which was in Hollywood; She started her own t.v. show L.A. Ink in 2007. L.A. Ink lasted for four seasons ending in 2011. During L.A. Ink in 2007 Kat set a Guinness world record for making the most tattoos in 24 hours with her total being 400; this was later topped by her husband Oliver Peck in 2008 who …show more content…

She did some guest appearances on talk shows. She appeared on Pimp my ride in 2004, Bams Unholy Union in 2007, Madtv in 2008, and I Love Jenni in 2013. Some movies she appeared in was Bam Margera Presents: Where the Fuck is Santa? In 2008, and the bleeding in 2009. Kat got #62 on the list of “Hot 100 Worlds Most Beautiful Women” by Maxium magazine. She is covered in some amazing art work as well. She has a tattoo of Beethoven which is her favorite as I mentioned earlier. Kat also has some of her favorite bands emblems as tattoos; ZZ Top, Misfits, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses and many more. She has tattoos of portraits of her father, mother and sister. Tattoos are her way of showing what she loves. “I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my arms, my legs, my shoulders, and my stomach.”—Kat Von

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