What is BIMAU and why Benigembla?

Benigembla has become a small open-air museum: facades, walls and corners of the village are filled with color and message every year thanks to the BIMAU – Benigembla Internacional Mostra d’Art Urbà. If you are interested in urban art and want to see recent work in the Marina Alta, touring the murals of the town is an essential experience. In this article I present you a route focused on my interventions -I have 7 murals in Benigembla-, with context about the festival and practical recommendations to visit them. benigembla.es+1

The BIMAU (Benigembla International Mostra d’Art Urbà) is a meeting that turns the town into a public gallery: national and international artists paint facades and generate a dialogue between art and the rural environment. The exhibition is held periodically and attracts both visitors interested in graffiti and local people who enjoy the socially charged proposals and connection to the landscape. In recent editions it has brought together more than twenty interventions that are already part of the town’s imaginary. benigembla.es+1

The murals of Tardor in Benigembla

Throughout several editions of the BIMAU I have painted different pieces that dialogue with nature, memory and rural life. Here is a list of the works I have done in the village.

1. “The skin of the mountain ” – (Edition nº8 year 2025)
   In Benigembla, where the mist caresses the peaks and the stone still keeps the echo of the earth, I painted a face.
   Not just any face: a look that does not observe, but belongs.
   A being born of roots, leaves and flowers.
   A woman who is earth.
   Who does not decorate the facade, but breathes with it.
   This mural is my way of surrendering to nature. To say that we are not above or at the margin, but inside. That we are part of the vegetable pulse that inhabits every corner of this town.
   Her hair is vine, her breath flower.
   Her presence, a reminder:
   🌿 “There is no beauty without a link to what surrounds us.” Facebook+1

2. “Guardian of the forest ” – (Edition nº6 year 2023 )
   Protector of the trees and the beings that inhabit her lands, in charge of supplying the earth by creating wild fruits to feed her animals, bearer of the river water that gives life to the plants. The Mirall of La Marina

3. “Sowing the seed of change” – (Issue No. 5 2022)
   Life is a constant change, learning and growth, there will be times of abundance but you also have to know how to deal with the stages of drought. Adapt like the cactus to the arid desert. You sow, but you do not know when you will reap the fruits of your efforts. El Mirall de La Marina

4. “Sparrows take flight” – (Edition nº4 2021)
   “Our town and our mountains hold many legends, some of them dating back to the time when these lands were inhabited and worked by Muslims. One of these legends speaks of the beautiful Moorish queen who lived in the castle of Pop and that moments before being invaded by Christians climbed the Peña de la Reina with a nest of sparrows in his hands and said: fly free as all men and women of these lands, take flight and shout with your song of freedom. After this she launched herself into the void thinking that she too could not be caught and could fly all over her beloved Pop Valley.”

5. “Mulas (porters)” – (Issue #4 2020)
   Like the doom of Atlas, they carry the weight of the world on their backs.
   The cargo that these women porters carry across the border is considered hand luggage and is therefore tax-free, a business that unscrupulous traders and drug dealers know well.
   Again and again they have to roll, drag, hold, push and carry through the tumult. STREET ART UTOPIA

6. “Refugees ” – (Issue #2 2019)
   This work tells us about the forced migration affecting millions of people who are forced to seek a better life.

7. “Ballena ” – (Issue #1 2018)
   My first project in Benigembla, it was challenging because of the size and slope of the wall.

Note: Benigembla also has many other interventions by artists such as Juandres Vera, Xolaca, Aruma and more, which makes the route a diverse experience.

📱 Discover the murals with the official City Hall app.

To complete the visit to the Benigembla murals, the City Council has launched an interactive route with audio guide available through the free app izi.TRAVEL.
This application allows you to follow a self-guided tour of the village, locate the works on an interactive map and listen to explanations about the murals, the BIMAU festival and the cultural and natural context that surrounds them.

How to use it:

1. Download the izi.TRAVEL app from Google Play or App Store.

2. Search for the route Benigembla – Art and Nature / BIMAU Murals.

3. Start the tour from the center of town and proceed at your own pace following the signposted stops.

An ideal way to enjoy the urban art of Benigembla in greater depth, combining walking, landscape and artistic creation in a unique environment.