Bridget Beenanti
Artist, Photographer, and Small Business Owner in Woodbridge Township, NJ
Bridget Beenanti
Artist, Photographer, and Small Business Owner in Woodbridge Township, NJ
Bridget started Beenanti Art & Photography in Woodbridge, New Jersey in January 2018. In 2019 she was a "Spotlight Artist" in The Newark Arts Festival and a “Rising Star” in the NYC Art Festival. She was part of the 2019 Barron Art Fest and the 2020 Barron Arts Catalog. Author Jim Ward used Bridget’s Art in his book and Newark Latino Film Festival Creator, Elaine Lloyd- Nazario (Queen Mother Imakhu) uses Bridget’s Art on her web site. In 2014, through experimentation, Bridget became the very first “Aluminartist”. A few now try to use that term, but Bridget was the very first in 2014. Her first art work on recycled metal was for French singer Terry Ilous. Since then she has done art for many musicians, celebrities, first responders and the common person.
Bridget has a very down to earth perspective and tries to use her art and photography to show a childlike innocence and beauty in the world. She love’s travel, animals, old cars, people and anything creative that tells a story.
In photography she uses various Nikon DSLR camera’s and a mixture of photojournalistic, fine art, editorial and wildlife/ nature styles to try to tell the story of the beauty in the simplest things around us. The thing’s most people take for granted today.
She is a self taught artist from her teachings from the First Nations people. She truly tries to capture the feeling of the subject or the essence of the person in her art through a visual story.
Bridget uses metal as a canvas because it ensures the vibrant colors and unique art will still be as beautiful in generations to come as it was the day it was made. Her art is on 100% recycled metal only processed in 3 places in the US. It is based in a graphic design style. The dyes and sealant she uses are 100% environmentally friendly.
Bridget was born in the Lheidli T’enneh territory in British Columbia Canada. A place where Arts and Crafts are as engrained as breathing air. She was raised with both the First Nation’s culture and the culture of the modern Canadian/ American. She was pretty much born with a camera in her hand and found a love of photography from her mother at a very early age. She entered many photography contests in her teen years and won many. She also won a “Most Promising Writer Award” for a story she wrote called “Shattered Innocence” about healing from child abuse. Bridget legally immigrating to the US to become a dual citizen and currently calls Woodbridge New Jersey her home.