We point out that the noncommutative selfdual phi^3 model can be mapped to
the Kontsevich model, for a suitable choice of the eigenvalues in the latter.
This allows to apply known results for the Kontsevich model to the quantization
of the field theory, in particular the KdV flows and Virasoro constraints. The
2-dimensional case is worked out explicitly. We obtain nonperturbative
expressions for the genus expansion of the free energy and some n-point
functions. The full renormalization for finite coupling is found, which is
determined by the genus 0 sector only. All contributions in a genus expansion
of any n-point function are finite after renormalization. A critical coupling
is determined beyond which the model is unstable. The model is free of UV/IR
diseases.