Kat Von D Parents: Meet Rene Drachenberg And Sylvia Galeano
Kat Von D Parents: Meet Rene Drachenberg And Sylvia Galeano: Kat Von D, officially known as Katherine von Drachenberg was born on March 8, 1982.
Born in Montemorelos, Mexico, Katherine is a Mexican-American tattoo artist, television personality, entrepreneur, and recording artist.
Kat Von D Parents: Meet Rene Drachenberg And Sylvia Galeano
Kat Von D is the daughter of Rene Drachenberg (father) and Sylvia Galeano (mother). Both parents were missionaries for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her father and mother were born in Argentina, and are respectively of German, Italian, Spanish, and Indigenous descent
Early in her career, she appeared in two seasons of Miami Ink, the reality TV show taped at 305 Ink in Miami for the cable network TLC.
Later she acquired her own TLC series, LA Ink, which chronicled her work at her tattoo shop, High Voltage Tattoo, in Hollywood, California.
She became famous for her work as a tattoo artist on LA Ink, which premiered in the United States in August 2007, and ran for 4 seasons.
On the show, she broke the Guinness World Record for most tattoos given by a single person in 24 hours, with a total of 400 tattoos.
Her first book, High Voltage Tattoo, compiling her artworks and tattoos, with a foreword by Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx, was released in January 2009
She’s also known for being the former head of Kat Von D Beauty, renamed KVD Vegan Beauty. In 2008, Von D created and launched a make-up line for Sephora.
Von D is the creator of the MusInk Tattoo Convention and Music Festival, which began in 2008. MusInk is an all-ages tattoo, music, and art festival.
In September 2010, Von D opened the art gallery and boutique Wonderland Gallery in the space next door to High Voltage Tattoo
She has also provided female vocals for a number of projects. In 2016, Von D recorded vocals for the electronic music duo, Prayers, on the song “Black Leather”
In 2018, she collaborated with Rooney Mara, Sia, Sadie Sink, and Joaquin Phoenix to narrate Chris Delforce’s animal rights documentary Dominion.
For her contribution to the documentary, she was granted the 2018 Award of Excellence for Narration by the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards.
In May 2021, Von D released her first single “Exorcism” from her maiden studio album; Love Made Me Do It.
In October 2023, the former tattoo artist, Kat Von D hit the headlines after sharing a video of herself being baptised via social media
This comes following a long journey of personal transformation after she renounced the occult and witchcraft last year (2022).
“Katherine von Drachenberg, upon your profession of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in obedience to His Divine command, I baptize you, my sister, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” the pastor said before submerging a white robe-clad Von D.
As she emerged from the water, she joyfully hugged the pastor. Von D’s, family and friends attended the baptism.
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