Patricia Leite (1955) lives and works in São Paulo. Some of her solo exhibitions include Água Fria, Fondazione Istituzione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2025); Olho D’Água, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2025); Paisagem de Lenda, Thomas Dane Gallery, London (2024); Mantiqueira, Mendes Wood DM, New York (2022); and Outra Praia, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2005).

Her work has also been included in group exhibitions such as Galáxias, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2024); Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato en conversation avec Lucas Arruda, Sanam Khatibi, Patricia Leite, Paula Siebra, Marcos Siqueira, Erika Verzutti et Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Mendes Wood DM, Paris (2024); Calor Universal, Pace Gallery, New York (2022); Terra Trema, Thomas Dane, Naples (2019); Mínimo, múltiplo, comum, Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo (2018); and Aprendendo Com Dorival Caymmi – Civilização Praieira, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2016).

Furthermore, her works are also part of permanent collections such as the Pinault Collection, Paris; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo; Fiorucci Art Trust, London; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna; Cranford Collection, London; Loewe Collection, Madrid; and Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.

Summer rain (2025) is part of a series of drawings and paintings in which Patricia Leite seeks to capture—almost in suspension—the precise moment when rain falls. The artist allows herself to be moved by the ephemeral abundance of water, often crossed by sunlight.