Tonic Exhibitions
Tonic Arts curates temporary exhibitions at seven gallery spaces across five NHS Lothian hospital sites.
Our exhibitions programme showcases a dynamic and diverse range of artworks including patient and staff work alongside professional and commissioned work.
Current Exhibitions
What does Art look like?
Explore the vibrant world of artistic expression from NHS Lothian Charity’s Tonic Arts Art Collection. This collection, with over 2,500 […]
Musings
NHS Lothian Charity’s Tonic Arts Programme are delighted to present an exciting new exhibition from two artists, Joanna Blémont and […]
By Leaves We Live
Tonic Arts, in partnership with Studies in Photography, is delighted to share this thought-provoking exhibition. Previously exhibited to the hospital […]
Murmuration Exhibition
Our Murmuration Exhibition, in partnership with Artlink Edinburgh, celebrates this summer’s Murmuration March which marked the finale of the Royal […]
Your Place For Greenspace
The grounds and gardens of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital have always been important to patient recovery and wellbeing. So much […]
Albert’s Hats
by Albert Nicolson Albert’s Hats came to our attention when exploring the astonishing archive of Royal Edinburgh Hospital patient’s artworks held […]
Exhibitions Archive
Kintsugi People
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with a lacquer dusted with precious metals, such as gold or […]
Havens: Stories and Portraits from NHS Lothian
Imposing, but intimate, large-scale portraits, still lives and personal testimony document the interesting and sometimes surprising places that NHS Lothian staff use as havens in their busy work lives.
Portraits of an LGBTI+ Generation
Our Portraits of an LGBTI+ Generation exhibition, in partnership with National Theatre of Scotland, shares a series of portraits of […]
Formula for Care
Our Formula For Care exhibition is a series of work by ten artist members of Spilt Milk Gallery. The artworks […]
Plants that Heal
An exhibition by Kate Hajducka This exhibition of ‘plants that heal’ has grown out of doing the ‘100 Days Project’ […]
The five of us, a Sir Quentin Blake exhibition
Celebrating all children and their abilities! In partnership with Kindred, the Tonic Arts programme proudly presents the opening of its child-centred exhibition featuring […]
Feed your Head
An exhibition by Ot Pascoe The work on showcame out of a 6 month residency at Out of the Blueprint […]
Editions
An exhibition showcasing a selection of original limited-edition artworks brought to the hospital by Tonic Arts in partnership with Edinburgh […]
Life Under Lockdown
One Pandemic. Seven Artists. Seven Generations. One Exhibition In June 2020 Tonic Arts created a series of micro-residencies for visual […]
Cajal Embroidery Project: In Celebration of Neuroscience
The Cajal Embroidery Project was conceived to honour the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Cajal Institute in 1920. […]
Edinburgh Landmarks
An exhibition of patient artwork from Artlink’s Royal Edinburgh Hospital Open Studio workshops, including an interactive ‘art on a postcard’ […]
Carolyn Henry: Kirkliston COVID-19 Isolation Portraits
A photography exhibition based around a community in Lockdown. Local photographer Carolyn Henry took over 300 doorstep portraits of households […]
Will Collier: From The Prom
Coastal photographs by Will Collier Tying in with the Year of Scottish Coasts and Waters, Will Collier’s beachscapes of Edinburgh’s […]
Albert’s Hats
by Albert Nicolson Albert’s Hats came to our attention when exploring the astonishing archive of Royal Edinburgh Hospital patient’s artworks held […]
Havens, Outdoor Exhibition
Dotted across campus, you will find the work of artists Craig Easton and Lottie Davies as part of NHS Lothian […]
The Tonic Galleries and where to find them
Anne Ferguson Building link corridor
Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
2nd floor beside canteen
Howden Road West, Howden, Livingston EH54 6PP
Gallery 1: Link Corridor
MacKinnon House, Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
Gallery 2: The Royal Edinburgh Building
Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
Off main mall beside reception
51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA
Dott Corridor, Ground floor
50 Little France Crescent, EH16 4TJ
SMART centre
133 Grange Loan, Edinburgh EH9 2HL
Some recent artwork that we’ve shown
Get in Touch if you have a proposal for us
We welcome suggestions for exhibitions and proposals for collaborative projects which Tonic Arts might be able to help realise. For an initial chat please contact us at [email protected]
