Staff Sergeant Kristopher J. Battles Usmcr

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Biography:

Kristopher J. Battles is an American artist, known as the last remaining USMC combat artist in 2010. He joined the Corps in 1986 and served as a computer operator, combat correspondent and chaplain's assistant. He had to reenlist for active duty as a combat artist. Battles is a contemporary fine artist creating artworks in a variety of media which honor the highest traditions of representational art. He graduated with a BFA in Painting from Northeast Missouri State University in December 1991, and earned his MFA in Illustration from the University of Hartford in September 2013. He served as a Marine combat artist from 2006 to 2014, and deployed to Overseas Contingency Operations several times to create art for the United States Marine Corps. From 2014 until 2019, Battles served as a civilian combat artist for the Naval History and Heritage Command at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC. He is currently the Marine Corps Artist in Residence, on staff at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA.