Dora Dalila Cheffi
Born 1990, Helsinki
STUDIES
Bachelor of Arts, 2014-2018
Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture
Uniarts Helsinki
Photography, 2012-2014
Pekka Halonen Academy
Photojournalism, 2012
Helsinki Evangelical College
RESIDENCIES
Cape Town Art Residency, Nov-Dec 2022
Kamel Lazaar Foundation Residency, 2021-2022
Kone Home Residency, 2020
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Sunny Nihilist, Cape Town Art Residency, 2023
Prestige, B7L9 Art Station, Tunis 2022
Imitating Equilibrium, Taymour Grahne Projects, Online, 2020
Screenshots of Novel Realities, The Other Space by Andersen Contemporary, Online, 2020
Bitter Oranges, La Marsa, Tunis, 2020
Tunisian Sceneries, Espace d’Art Mille Feuilles, 2019
Rugs, Rupla Helsinki, 2017
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
Cinématique de Saint-Étienne, 2023
Art, a serious game, MACAAL, 2021
K OFF, Gabes Cine Fen, 2021
Our Lives In T-shirts, Miami, 2020
Middle Sea, Institut Finlandais, Paris, 2020
Summer Show, Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis, 2020
GEYLA, Derjine, Tunisia, 2019
Perfect Child, Helsinki Pride Week, 2018
Kohtaamisia, Gallery Kajaste, Helsinki, 2018
FEEL sur REEL, Gallery Dipoli, Espoo, 2018
Free Form, Habitare Fair, Helsinki, 2018
UU Market Launch, Gallery Kalleria, Helsinki, 2018
Lux Helsinki, 2017
Hiljaista Huutoa, Cable Factory, Helsinki, 2014
GRANTS
Kansan sivistysrahasto, 2023
KONE Foundation, Home Residency Grant, 2020
Arts Promotion Center Finland, Promoting Cultural Diversity Grant, 2020
Finnish Foreign Ministry (The Finnish Embassy in Tunisia), Maakuvaraha 2019
The Department of Arts Grant of Aalto University, 2017
SHORT FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES
طریق / The Road, 2020
Perfect Child, 2018
High Voltage, 2018
MAN, 2017
Voittaja, 2016
Mitään ikuista ei ollutkaan, 2016
The Art and Life of Miina Äkkijyrkkä, 2015
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Freelance Artist, 2017 to present
Multimedia: Painting, sculpting, rug making, video
Photo Editor, 2016- 2019
Tulva magazine
Director of Photography 2014- 2016
FAT - Finnish Art Today
Photographer and Videographer
Clients including Brown Girls, Aalto University , Ylioppilaslehti, Aino, WOLF Magazine etc.
LANGAGES
Finnish - Fluent
Arabic - Fluent
English - Fluent
French - Intermediate
Swedish - Intermediate