FORMER Monmouth Comprehensive School student, Oriane Pierrepoint, has been awarded the prestigious title of NADFAS RBA Scholar, after having two pieces of work selected for the Royal Society of British Artists' (RBA) annual exhibition.

Oriane's work has been on show throughout February at the RBA's Rising Stars exhibition at Lloyds Registry Gallery in London.

Each year, the Monmouthshire Decorative and Fine Arts Society (MDFAS) selects the highest level work from local A-Level students to be submitted for this competition entry.

Oriane was one of 19 students selected and the only from Wales to have their work displayed alongside professional artists. Her work portrays a window into the effects of living with Alzheimer's disease and she is now studying art at university. 

The collaboration between the National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Society (NADFAS) and RBA came about following a pilot project in East Anglia in 2009.

This year 56 NADFAS societies supported the venture and they submitted a staggering 368 images of original student work, including paintings, ceramics and sculpture.

The challenge for RBA president James Horton and his fellow council members was to pick a number of pieces which combined the highest levels of skill, expression and draughtsmanship.

If your school is interested in submitting artwork for the 2016 competition, entries have to be selected by June 2015 by MDFAS. [email protected]">[email protected] for more information.

Oriane's work will be at the RBA exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London between 11-21 March.