Dora Dalila Cheffi Finnish-Tunisian, b. 1990
Born 1990. Helsinki, Finland
Lives and works between Helsinki, Finland and Tunis, Tunisia
Dora Dalila Cheffi’s work encompasses painting, video and installation.
Initially trained in art education, in which she obtained a BA from Aalto University School of Art, Design, and Architecture, where she also studied sculpture and painting, her practice developed to encompass a practice that centres on a highly personal approach to painting and video. Much of Cheffi’s work centres around observations and immediate experience, which are translated into works characterised by vivid colours and forms.
Her artwork has been part of group shows with Nuoret 2023, MACAAL – Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Villa Medici, Talan L’Expo, Subliminal Projects, Selma Feriani Gallery, Institut finlandais, and shown online with Other Space by Andersen’s Contemporary and Taymour Grahne Projects.
Her most recent body of work, titled Paper Thorn and A Prickly Leaf, consisted of a video piece and a series of paintings. The works were partly produced during her residency at the Serlachius Residency in Finland and were first exhibited at Forum Box and Porvoo Art Hall in Finland in 2025. In 2026, she will exhibit at Selma Feriani Gallery in Tunis and at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. She will also take part in an exhibition curated by the contemporary art museum Kiasma for Oulu, European Capital of Culture 2026.
