Dýrfinna Benita Basalan Icelandic, b. 1992

Overview
Dýrfinna Benita Basalan

Dýrfinna Benita Basalan (b. 1992) was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2018 with a BA in Fine Arts and Design. Since then, she has maintained an active solo practice and is known for her mixed-media drawings and sculptures. Her work explores the complexities of society, the politics of identity, and the notion of the inner child.

 

Alongside her solo practice, she is a member of the artist collective Lucky 3, which she co-founded in 2019 with Melanie Ubaldo and Dream. The collective consists of Icelandic artists of Filipino heritage. In 2022, they were awarded the Motivational Art Prize by the Icelandic Art Centre for their performance piece PUTI. Their 2024 performance work HJÚKRUN, featuring Ragnar Kjartansson, received critical acclaim.

 

Recent exhibitions include Stara, Gerðarsafn (2025); Through Thick and Thin (with Melanie Ubaldo), The Living Art Museum (2025); Total Babes, Hafnarborg (2025); Apple of My Eye, Á Milli (2024); and Chronic Pain, Reykjavík Art Museum (2023).

Biography
Dýrfinna Benita Basalan

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2026

Perpetual Progress / Ævarandi Ástand, Þula, Hafnartorg, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2024

Apple of My Eye, Á Milli, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2023

Langavitleysan / Chronic Pain, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland

 

2022

Tempered (UwU), Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland

Life Lessons, Listval, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

 

Duo Exhibitions, Performances & Group Exhibitions

 

2025

  • PUTI (with Lucky 3), rework of the performance for Art Hub, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Stara, group exhibition, Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur, Iceland

  • Í Gegnum Súrt og Sætt (Through Thick and Thin), duo exhibition with Melanie Ubaldo, Nýló (The Living Art Museum), Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Algjörar Skvísur (Total Babes), group exhibition, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

  • TAMBAY (with Lucky 3), performance, Sequences Art Festival, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland

  • Crying Pink, group exhibition, Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

  • Afbygging (Deconstruction), duo exhibition with Geoffrey Huntingdon-Williams, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Fiskinn minn nammi nammi namm, performance, Hamraborg Art Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

  • PUTI (with Lucky 3), rework for Setting the Tone of the Exhibition – The Anatomy of Exhibition Openings, Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden

 

2023

  • GRJÓN (with Lucky 3), Celebrating Twenty Years of Kling & Bang (Performance Festival), Kling & Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Lox Primxs, Local Taller Artist-Run (Lucky 3 & Hugo Llanes), Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

 

2022

  • A! Performance Festival, Akureyri, Iceland

 

2021

  • PUTI (Lucky 3), Sequences X, Open Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Yes, a Falling Tree Makes a Sound (and It Has a Lot to Say), Kling & Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Did You Eat Already? Nikaon na ka? (Lucky 3), LungA Art Festival, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

Exhibitions