Paul  Batt is a graduate of both the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) photography departments and PhD candidate in Fine Art (Photography) at Monash University. Batt has lectured extensively in photography in the facility of fine art at Monash, PSC and RMIT Universities.

As a photo-artist Paul’s work has been exhibited widely throughout Australia and overseas in both solo and group exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the Australian Centre For Photography (ACP) and The Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) as well as receiving numerous national photography prizes and awards.

Batt’s work has featured in a number of national and international publications and his works is held in significant private and public collections such as the La Trobe Art Institute (LAT) and Museum of Australian Photography (MAP).