Born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation, Wave is a South Dakota Sioux specializing in one-of-kind jewelry design.

His designs vary in style and form from contemporary Native American to twenty-first century post-punk. Featured pieces involve intricate inlay of precious and semi-precious stones.

He was awarded an AFA in 3-D jewelry from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1989 and has worked with Fairchild and Co. and Jack Lehman Fine Inlay in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Wave has fifteen years experience as a lapidary, silversmith and goldsmith and recently mounted his first solo exhibition in New York City.