Paul White received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 2003 while on a Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship. Paul has exhibited extensively since 1997 and won the Metro Art Award in 2010.

He has been a finalist in awards including the Fleurieu Art Prize, Hazelhurst Art Prize, Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Hobart City Art Prize, Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Sunshine Coast Art Prize and National Works on Paper. He works with coloured pencil on paper.