ID: The OOSOOM 2025 poster, with the OOSOOM logo in pink centred over an abstract painting with a brown background and yellow, green brush strokes encircling pink and red brush strokes, with ‘Comfort and disturb’ handwritten in orange pen over the top. Below is written; ‘An exhibition of art made by with people experiences of mental health issues. 22 October - 8 November 2025, Wednesday - Sunday, 11am - 6pm, Summerhall, Free. The exhibition presents a wide variety of themes, some may be affecting, thought provoking, everyday and/or awesome. Followed by supporting organisation logos in black, including; Caps Independent Advocacy, iThrive Edinburgh, People’s Postcode Lottery Trust, Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership, Mental Health Foundation and Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.

 

Out of Sight Out of Mind

The one-of-a-kind, Out of Sight Out of Mind exhibition came back for its 13th year and was bigger than ever. Showing artworks made by 395 people with mental health issues at Summerhall in Edinburgh in October and November 2025. As always, it was also organised by people with mental health issues.

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Revisit the exhibition through the gallery photos (coming soon), look back at what the year involved, and and stay tuned for updates via the latest news

View the 2025 exhibition online
 
 

Visit the archive pages which share the story of the exhibition, including a specially commissioned film, all the posters, and other material.

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From 2013 to 2024, see images from all previous exhibitions.

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