Jordan “Watts” Watson (b. Jamaica, Queens NYC, 1979) is a self taught multi medium visual artist and curator and also part of the Ultra Contemporary Afrofuturism art movement along with Rick Lowe, Mark Bradford, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Tschabalala Self and Noah Davis. His works explore storytelling and visual metaphor.

Throughout several social media platforms, Watts has amassed a cult like following consisting of over 5 million art collectors, mega galleries, trend setters and the biggest names in the arts and entertainment industry such as Gagosian, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Artsy, Simon de Pury, Guy Oseary to name a few. His large-scale paintings explore universal subjects such as identity, community, truth, memory, and imagination. His works are replete with art historical references to, modernism, surrealism, 80’s/90’s graffiti, Kerry James Marshall, Peter Doig, Francis Bacon and others as well as afrofuturism incorporating science-fiction, technology, and futuristic elements into his work yet his process is also very personal, drawing from his memories, experiences, traumas, and family history growing up in south side Jamaica, Queens and world travels as an adult.