Reuse - Recycle - Reform - Rearrange

All words that could be used to describe the process behind the pieces that have been transformed from old cargo packing materials and Toggi has dubbed Cargo Art.

Single-use or reusable: concepts that battle daily in our everyday lives. Today’s hyper-consumptive way of living forces us to constantly make decisions about the products we go through: to destroy or repurpose into a new form of life. In Cargo Art, the material is often a deciding. Factor in the final outcome and the process is fast and raw; dangerous but disciplined, while telling a story of a new reality.

Toggi is a Hafnarfjörður native. Between 1980-1982 he studied model drawing at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts. He spent the winter of 1987-1988 at the Thorstedlund Folk High School in Frederikssund. In 1994 he graduated as a sculptor from the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, but during his studies he also spent a year at the Academie Minerva in Holland, where he specialised in bronze casting.

During his studies at the ICAC he also had an opportunity to apprentice with sculptor Gestur Þorgrímsson where he studied stone carving, and with sculptor Pétur Bjarnarson where he studied metal casting and the craft of making a cast. Toggi also worked extensively as a set designer in both films and theatre, before turning his hand to working with people and personal development as counselor.

No matter the day job though, art and creation continued being an integral part of Toggi’s life and in 2024 he finally decided to devote all his time to this calling. The result of this turning of the tide is Cargo Art.

There will be a special exhibition opening on Thursday, February 6th from 18:00-20:00 and everyone is welcome!

Other opening hours

Fri 7th Feb 16:00 - 22:00 (Safnanótt)

Sat 8th Feb 12:00 - 16:00

Sun 9th Feb 14:00 - 17:00

Thu. - Fri 11th- 14th Feb 14:00 - 17:00

Sat 15th Feb 12:00 - 16:00

Sun 16th Feb 14.00 - 17:00