It’s been a stellar year for London-based visual artist Hetty Douglas. Back in January, Finger – a collaborative show at Shoreditch basement gallery 71A – won her press coverage from the likes of Dazed, Complex, Huck, i-D and Vogue. An army of admirers duly followed. “I met a lot of great people through [the show] and felt a lot of support."

Three more group shows and not far off a year later, Hetty is preparing for her fifth show of 2016. Like each of her past exhibitions, it carries a one-word title, Screw. Where the angst-splashed paintings in Finger represented “a quest for meaningful love and true identity in a world that screams fuck me and fuck off”, Hetty’s work in Screw is more contemplative. “I guess my new show explores more about where I’m from, how I grew up and how this affects the other themes that come through in my work – the complexities of superficial relationships and trust. I guess I’m reflecting more on how my childhood and how I grew up has influenced my choices and the emotions that come up now. It’s something I’ve never explored until recently.” Vogue may have dubbed her a “painter for the Instagram generation”, but actually, she’s much more.

Hetty is already plotting her next move with another show. “Then,” she tells us, “I’d love to try and do something bigger in New York or LA – they’re my next steps. And I want to make a book.”

Ahead of Screw, where she will show alongside Alfie Kungu and Joe Clarke, we caught up with Hetty and asked her to talk us – in no uncertain terms – through four of her latest paintings.