Laura Jacobs goes on television to prove she has what it takes to make it as a successful artist

Art enthusiasts may recognise this woman. Laura Jacobs recently appeared on the BBC2 Show Me The Monet. It was a 10-part art series in which aspiring artists attempted to win a chance to sell their work in a prestigious exhibition.

Ms Jacobs was one of just 35 chosen from thousands of applicants by the panel of renowned experts to exhibit her work at the Royal College of Art in London. What's more, she successfully sold her work - a poignant photographic piece of two figures titled Between 'me' and 'you'- History Series -- for £1,750.

Currently on a scholarship at art school in the United States, Ms Jacobs, from north London, tells People: "The piece is very personal to me but I think other people can relate to it. It was great to be picked - I was delighted. And exhibiting at the Royal College was a surreal experience. The course I am on in America is very intense and I had come over for a day. It was interesting to hear what people in the art world thought about my work. It's one thing being in a studio and another being in a public arena."

With a background in theatre design, Ms Jacobs graduated in fine art from the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She is now on a three-year advanced painting and drawing course in New York. "I wanted to see how far I could push my ideas using painting." She is particularly interested in the interplay between photography, film, drawing and painting.