Pétur Tryggvi
Pétur Tryggvi
Pétur Tryggvi was born in Iceland. He was first trained in the goldsmith shop of his father Hjálmar Torfason.
He graduated from the Goldsmith's High School in Copenhagen in 1983.
He opened a workshop in Reykjavík in 1985 and moved to Denmark in 1988; his shop was in Gentofte near Copenhagen.
In 2001 he moved back to Iceland, setting up shop in his hometown of Isafjördur.
Pétur Tryggvi is a member of the Exhibition Group of Danish Silversmiths and has several works exhibited at the Koldinghus Museum for Silverware in Kolding Castle, Jutland, Denmark, and at the Danish Museum of art and design in Copenhagen. He has made the church silver for five churches in Iceland, including for Áskirkja in Reykjavík.
Pétur Tryggvi's work has been exhibited at the Herning Art Museum at the Victoria and albert Museum, London atthe Crafts Council, London and at the Galleri Montan, Denmark.