Wade Patton (Oglala Lakota) is a renown Lakota artist working through storytelling keeping the Lakota legends alive.

Wade Patton is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, surrounded by a rich culture of music and art. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Black Hills State University and held his first solo art show at the Sioux Indian Museum in Rapid City. While pursuing art opportunities on the East Coast of the United States, he longed for home and began drawing the landscapes of home in South Dakota - the splendor of the Black Hills, the landscape and skies.

The influences of his land and ancestry are prevalent in Patton’s artwork, which is respectful of his people, their stories and the land where he is from. Wade is a storyteller for his culture, keeping the Lakota legends alive in a contemporary manner. Through storytelling and design, he draws people into his work and explains the meanings he infuses in his art (symbology, colors, animals, etc.), thereby creating conversation.