Ouattara Watts (born May 27, 1957) is an American artist from Ivory Coast. He studied at l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France. In Paris, he met Jean-Michel Basquiat at an exhibition opening in January 1988. Basquiat was impressed by Watts's paintings and convinced him to move to New York City. They had a very short but important collaboration. In the documentary Basquiat, Une Vie, Watts was filmed in his studio, working and talking about Basquiat. Watts has spent much of his career in New York.