Born Katherine Von Drachenberg on March 8th of 1982 in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Kat Von D is an Argentinian-American reality television star, entrepeneur, and tattoo artist who has been working tirelessly for nearly two decades in showbusiness. She began her career as a tattoo artist after appearing on the first season is Miami Ink back in 2005. After getting a big break when a main cast member injured his arm, Von D arrived to replace him. After that, she became a full-time cast member and spent three full seasons on the show. That was more than enough to launch her career, especially after she quit during the end of the third season due to a disagreement with the tattoo shop's co-owner.
WATCH: Kat Von D gets baptized as part of new life
Kat Von D's LA Ink show
The most important moment of her career in reality TV came when she was given the chance to star on her own show called LA Ink. It focused on her impulse to run her own tattoo shop based in Hollywood known as High Voltage Tattoo. In this show, Kat Von D became quite popular in the scene but is was cancelled after its fourth season back in 2011. Other than these tattoo shows, Von D appeared on other shows such as Pimp My Ride, MADtv, I Love Jenni, and Life in Pieces. Eventually, Von D became the narrator of the documentary Dominion. But Kat's career was only getting warmed up, she would go on to do many different things over the years.
As an author, Von D published hr High Voltage Tattoo and reached the number six spot on the New York Times Best Seller list. Her second book was The Tattoo Chrinicles and it reached third spot on the same list. In music, Kat Von D provided vocals for theGothic band The 69 Eyes and collaborated with other groups such as Gunship and IAMX. She owns her makeup line with Sephora and created the Musnik Tattoo Conventuon, as well as the a Musnic Festival in 2008. Between all her career earnings, Forbes estimates that Kat Von D is worth a reported $20 million.
She owns her makeup line with Sephora and created the Musnik Tattoo Conventuon, as well as the a Musnic Festival in 2008. Between all her career earnings, Forbes estimates that Kat Von D is worth a reported $20 million. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.
She added, "We just fell in love with it.We fell in love with the town and the nature." Kat, who was born in Mexico and raised in Southern California, wasn't worried about missing anything between her old home in LA or new home in the middle of the states. "I've traveled around the world," she said.
Kat Von D says she's living in a church parsonage because the Indiana mansion she bought 3 years ago isn't renovated yet. Kat Von D appeared on Tuesday's episode of the "This Past Weekend" podcast hosted by Theo Von. She spoke about moving to Vevay, Indiana, and revealed that she's living in a church parsonage.
Kat Von D moving to Indiana permanently, will reopen famous Hollywood tattoo shop in Vevay. VEVAY, Ind. — Kat Von D really is putting her money where her mouth is.
Kat Von D is widely known as a tattoo artist and former makeup mogul behind a best-selling brand. She was born in Mexico, started tattooing at 16, and went on to star in shows like "LA Ink." After years of scandals, Von D moved to Indiana, started covering her tattoos, and got baptized.
Von D also addressed her reasoning for covering her tattoos in her caption, saying she's had "many tattoos that represented a part of my life that no longer aligns with who I am today."
“This means that, sadly, I will be closing my beloved tattoo shop [High Voltage] here in West Hollywood on Dec 1. I didn't think it would make sense to keep it open if I wasn't present, and aside from coming back to work on music with my band, we don't plan on returning to LA very often.”
Kat Von D Finally Sells Her L.A. Mansion with a Blood-Red Pool for $7.8 Million — See Inside! Olivia Jakiel is a former associate editor at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2022. After having her Victorian mansion on the market for over a year, Kat Von D is finally saying goodbye to the Los Angeles abode.
Von D purchased a Vevay, Indiana, home in 2020, closed her Los Angeles tattoo shop in 2021, and made the move permanent after selling her California mansion in 2023.
Von D also said that California's government restrictions partly inspired her family's relocation and decision to homeschool her son, Leafar Von D Reyes. “Indiana is very supportive to homeschool families,” she said. “The less government, the better.”
In January 2020, KVD Beauty's public relations firm announced that Kat Von D had sold her shares of the company to the brand's parent, Kendo, the beauty incubator owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
Inspired by Kat Von D's cats; Poe, Piaf and Nietzsche.
Kat posted a pic of her three cats; Poe, Piaf and Nietzsche positioned so perfectly on a plush red velvet chair that I just HAD to draw them. (Keep scrolling to see the pic-of-inspiration).
Kat Von D announced on Instagram that she was closing her famous High Voltage Tattoo shop. She said she'd reopen the California shop, which has been in business for 14 years, in Indiana. Von D previously said she was moving to escape California's taxes, policies, and government.
Kat Von D announced in 2021 that she'd be selling her famous Los Angeles mansion and moving to Indiana. She previously said she wanted a second home outside of California, as a result of "terrible policies, tyrannical government overreach, ridiculous taxing," and "so much more corruption" in the state.
Six months later, she cut the price to US$12.5m. According to TMZ, she finally closed the sale of the house on Tuesday (28 March) for half of the original market price to Tyler James Cassity, the co-owner of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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