Joshua Monuteaux

What would you do if you had only one more day? That’s the reality Seattle-based artist, Joshua Monuteaux, who lives with stage 4 cancer, wakes up with each morning. And with every new day he’s afforded, Monuteaux answers: He will make artwork and do so with a sense of excited immediacy.

A native Seattleite, Monuteaux found himself working an essentially meaningless warehouse job at Boeing that was slowly turning into a meaningless career. In the wake of his diagnosis this situation came to be increasingly intolerable. In January of 2015 he walked away from the company to double-down on his passion for art.

Monuteaux has come to terms with his own death and in doing so, he lives with the mantra that “Time is a commodity,” which instills in him the energy and resourcefulness to make the most of the time he has left. With the help of this maxim and some cutting-edge pharmaceuticals, Monuteaux has lived years past his initial prognosis and continues to create intricate, colorful works that depict his favorite Emerald City locations and landmarks.

Over the years, Monuteaux’s creative approach has evolved. Today, he uses cut paper to make his artwork. Just as his life has a pre- and post-cancer diagnosis demarcation, Monuteaux’s work also has two sides to it. It can be observed up close for its detail and textiles and at a distance for its portrait or landscape vastness. After all, his art, like his life, is all about shifts in perspective.

Seattle Art Fair

Ballard Ave NW

6x31 cut paper on panel.

Broadway

6x29 cut paper on panel.

Fremont

6x32 cut paper on panel.

Monorail

10x16 cut paper on panel.

Monorail and EMP

Monorail and EMP

10x16 cut paper on panel.

Pike St. Hill Climb

Pike St. Hill Climb

15x16 cut paper on panel.

Rainier 1/3

11x16 cut paper on panel.

Rainier 2/3

11x16 cut paper on panel.

Rainier 3/3

11x16 cut paper on panel.

Smith Tower

16x12 cut paper on panel.

Space Needle 1

10x16 cut paper on panel.

Space Needle 2

16x13 cut paper on panel.

The Crab Pot

16x12 cut paper on panel.

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Terminator

11x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Ali

16x12 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Beyonce

16x13 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Biggie

16x12 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

BMW 2002

12x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Datson

11x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Blue Man-Group

16x13 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

C3PO

16x13 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Easy E

13x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Ferris

12x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

John Early

16x11 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

John Lennon

16x14 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Lithium

16x10 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Madonna

14x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Maria Bamford

16x13 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

16x12 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Kemp

16x12 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Siblings

11x10 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Slash

16x10 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

The Archer

10x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Tupac

16x11 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Twins

13x12 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Winehouse

12x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

VW Microbus

13x16 cut paper on panel. Now on display at Harry’s Bar!

Westy #1

18x21 cut paper on panel. Now showing at Krown Jewel Auto in Tacoma!

Westy #2

18x21 cut paper on panel. Now showing at Krown Jewel Auto in Tacoma!

Westy #3

18x21 cut paper on panel

Space Needle on Spirograph

Space Needle on Spirograph

36x27 cut paper on panel. Now on display at The Uncommon Cottage in Fremont!

icons & celebrity

Original pieces

Slash

16x10 cut paper on panel

Mick Jagger

16x12 cut paper on panel

Prince

16x12 cut paper on panel

Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

16x12 cut paper on panel

R2D2

16x12 cut paper on panel

C3PO

16x13 Cut paper on panel

Easy E

13x16 cut paper on panel

Ferris

12x16 cut paper on panel

Ali

16x12 cut paper on panel

John Early

16x11 cut paper on panel

John Lennon

16x14 cut paper on panel

Madonna

14x16 cut paper on panel

Maria Bamford

16x13 cut paper on panel

Mark and Jez

11x16 cut paper on panel

MJK

12x16 cut paper on panel

Momma

16x13 cut paper on panel

Ripley

16x13 cut paper on panel

The Archer

10x16 cut paper on panel

Tupac

16x11 cut paper on panel

Amy Winehouse

12x16 cut paper on panel

Blue Man-Group

16x13 cut paper on panel

Jack

15x24 cut paper on panel

Norman

15x24 cut paper on panel

Brandi

20x24 cut paper on panel

The Goalie

18x28 cut paper on panel

Breakfast Man

18x27 cut paper on panel

Seattle

Free the Hugs #1

Free the Hugs #1

48x24 Cut paper and The Stranger on panel

Free The Hugs #2

Free The Hugs #2

28x24 cut paper and The Stranger on panel

#19

27x18 cut paper on panel

Alki

24x48 cut paper on panel

Stadium and Viaduct

Stadium and Viaduct

30x16 cut paper on panel

The Moore

30x20 cut paper on panel

Space Needle from the Smith Tower

Space Needle from the Smith Tower

24x48 cut paper on panel

Monorail Windshield

Monorail Windshield

21x33 cut paper on panel

Pioneer Square

33x27 cut paper on panel

The Comet

24x36 cut paper on panel

Broadway and Pike

Broadway and Pike

24x48 cut paper on panel

Monorail #4

33x27 cut paper on panel

Space Needle and Arches

Space Needle and Arches

cut paper on panel

Space Needle on Spirograph

Space Needle on Spirograph

36x27 cut paper on panel

The Space Needle #8

The Space Needle #8

44x36 Construction paper on plywood

monorail and the Needle

monorail and the Needle

36x27 cut paper on panel

Meet the Producer

Meet the Producer

16x60 cut paper on panel

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