Johnny Gailey is a freelance arts worker, photographer, educator, artist, writer, gardener and organizer based in Edinburgh. He has worked in community arts and gallery education in Scotland since 1999 across a range of organizations from An Tuireann on the Isle of Skye to The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh.
Johnny’s photographic practice is based on personal narratives, defunct technologies and is often presented sculpturally. He has shown his work in Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh and Fife. Johnny has written for publications and contributed to national debates and sectoral development via advisory work, recently presenting at international conferences in Margate, Dublin and Helsinki. He is a member of the engage Scotland Development Group, and sits on the Glasgow Sculpture Studios' Programme Advisory Group. Johnny also runs a community cinema, based in Edinburgh, called Leith projects, and is a founder member of the international curatorial collective, Long Distance Information.
Currently, his time is divided between
• The studio: developing projects, researching and writing;
• The darkroom, printing an exhibition of photography and
• Across the country: working with a range of partners on participation in the arts.
