Born in Porto Alegre on February 3, 1964, daughter of a Brazilian mother with Central American diplomat, a native of Costa Rica, family descendants of black Jamaicans, who inherited the surname Leveridge, Grace Patterson has been working very early with art making use of graphite, pastel and acrylic for his portraits and his paintings. In the picture, which is dedicated since 1988, the artist starts painting his canvases with african theme in 1997 when she held her first solo exhibition, titled Black Beauty, making use of pastel on cardboard and oil on canvas. Since 2005, invests in joining the technical possibilities of the application of acrylic furnishings and fabrics.

In 2006, DA COR held the exhibition space Augusto Meyer, at Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana. In 2007, the exhibition DA TERRA at Vinícolas do Brasil and SAWABONA in the space Mário Quintana, at the Trensurb. At this stage experienced, with beautiful results, the use of other materials of nature, such as sisal, coffee, clay and straw. In the same year, attended the tribute to 70 years of Moacyr Scliar, at Garagem de Arte. In 2009, Grace returns to the theme in the exhibition ethnic DA LUZ in Lobby Shopping Bourbon Country, Porto Alegre / RS, completing the trilogy DA COR [2006], DA TERRA [2007].

Self-taught, came to attend the Agricultural Engineering between 1987 and 1990, at the Federal University of Pelotas. Her artistic training began at the National School of Design in Porto Alegre (1983-1985) and was completed in courses with names such as Virginia posted Quites, with whom she studied acrylic paint at Atelier Livre da Prefeitura de Porto Alegre, Enio Lippmann (oil painting), in Art Museum of the RS (MARGS); Renata Rubin (surface design), Mello da Costa (live model), in Pelotas, and Uruguayan Berné (artistic design and pastel).

She has participated in group shows in Porto Alegre and the cities of Santa Cruz (RS), and Jaguarão, Pelotas (RS). Between 1992 and 1993, toured America, performing individual in Panama, Viña del Mar (Chile), Quito (Ecuador) and San Jose (Costa Rica). In 1997, she made her first solo exhibition in Porto Alegre, entitled "Black Beauty", which ran through the spaces of SOGIPA, Legislative Assembly of the RS and Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre. In 1999 she directed the exhibition "Citizens for Peace" at Bourbon Ipiranga Shopping traveling soon after, places like Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre, among others. In 2004, won the Creativity in the I Outdoor Art Afro RS, at Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul