Biography of Fiona Pole Fiona Pole obtained a BA Fine Arts degree from Rhodes University, Grahamstown and a Diplôme des métiers d’art with mention: excellence from Ecole Nationale Superieure Estienne, Paris, France. She was awarded a two year scholarship from the Paris City Council and worked in the studio Didier Mutel and at l’Atelier Leblanc. She has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in France, Belgium, South Africa and the UK.