[2] In 1971 Patrone began her studies as an architect in the Faculty of Architecture, in the Universidad Mayor de la República, Uruguay's National University.
[3] Montes himself had trained in the studio of the renowned Montevideo artist Joaquín Torres García.
She has also taught courses at and was invited to the School of Fine Arts at Montevideo's Universidad Mayor de la República, New York's Museum of Modern Art, the State University of New York (SUNY) and educational programs in museums in Barcelona and Madrid.
In a 1992 review of Patrone's work at Los Angeles' Linda Moore Gallery, the Los Angeles Times art critic noted that in "her phantasmagoric scenes, now on view at the Linda Moore Gallery, she bestows women and buildings alike with a full-bodied sensuality.
[citation needed] Her work is featured in the collections of the Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, DC), National Museum of Visual Arts (Montevideo, Uruguay), the Juan Manuel Blanes Fine Arts Museum (Montevideo, Uruguay), the Uruguayan Republic Bank Art Hall (Montevideo, Uruguay), the City Hall Museum of San Fernando (Punta del Este, Department of Maldonado, Uruguay) and the American Art Museum (Maldonado, Uruguay).,[citation needed] In 1997 Patrone won the Florencio Award,,[citation needed] Uruguay's most prestigious theatre award, for the murals she produced in collaboration with the artist Álvaro Pemper, for the play Juego de Damas Crueles.