Digital Detox — a solo exhibition by Rosie Woods

Digital Detox, the new solo show by Rosie Woods, turns away from the screen and back towards the physical world. What does it mean to make something slow in a world that rewards speed? The exhibition opens with a private view on Thursday 16 April 2026, 6–9pm. The exhibition runs until 3 May 2026. About Rosie Woods has long worked at the intersection of art and technology, embracing digital tools through VR murals, animated paintings and major commercial commissions. But this new body of work marks a deliberate shift. Here, there is no digital intermediary, no slickness of screen, no algorithmic polish- only paint, linen, gesture and observation. ‘Digital Detox’ has become both a personal recalibration for the artist and a wider reflection on what is lost when our experience of the world is increasingly flattened through devices. The exhibition unfolds through two connected bodies of work. The first is a series of botanical paintings: individual leaves that glow gold on raw, unprimed linen. Monstera, maple and alocasia -familiar forms often overlooked in daily life- are given scale and reverence with an intimate observation that is almost devotional. Alongside these are a series of looser, atmospheric abstract works that feel like landscapes filtered through memory rather than direct representation. Soft purples and moss greens are worked into blush and yellow tones in an instinctual way. If the botanical works ask the viewer to look closely, these paintings ask them to exhale- to drift, feel and settle into the atmosphere. Together, the works hold two modes of seeing at once: detail and sensation, precision and immersion. They reflect the experience of being in nature itself- noticing both the singularity of a leaf and the wider mood of a place. In that sense, ‘Digital Detox’ is less a retreat from technology than a return to perception. As Woods explains: “Digital Detox is an exploration of the physical, the tactile, and the profoundly human. A reminder to breathe, to look, and to simply be, even if just for a minute.” Raised in London and now splitting her time between the UK and Australia, Rosie Woods has spent over a decade creating large-scale murals across the globe. Her work was recognised in Diego Lopez’s Street Art by Women as part of a selection of 50 essential contemporary artists, and she has collaborated with internationally recognised brands including Meta, Nike and Red Bull. With ‘Digital Detox’, Woods shifts from the scale of the public wall and the language of digital innovation to something more intimate, contemplative and materially direct. Visit the Exhibition ‘Digital Detox’ opens with a private view on Thursday 16 April 2026, 6–9pm, with refreshments generously provided by our friends at Jubel Beer. The exhibition runs until 3 May 2026. BSMT Gallery 529 Kingsland Road London E8 4AR For press enquiries please contact: hello@bsmt.co.uk Instagram: @bsmtspace | @itsrosiewoods Read more Toggle Installation Mixed media Drawing Painting