Satijn Panyigay (b. 1988, Nijmegen) is a Dutch-Hungarian photographer, living and working in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Satijn Panyigay makes photographic work attempting to slow life’s pace down. Fascinated by the psyche of the human being, Panyigay mainly captures locations that are briefly not fulfilling their function. Terrains such as empty museums and their depots, newly constructed homes, buildings undergoing renovation, offices and industrial areas out of hours have her interest. The scenes, always devoid of people, are often mistaken for paintings or handmade models, maybe due to Panyigay’s consistent analog approach and her choice of a subdued color palette.
Only those who get a little closer to the pictures of the interiors and exteriors discover the small signs of nature and people’s presence that have left their mark. Strict but poetic architectural abstractions introduce the profound simplicity of a pause.
Her minimalist work, in absence of any direct human narratives, is surprisingly humane – it addresses the feelings of its observer.

Satijn Panyigay’s work has been featured in exhibitions at a.o. Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam); Centre D’art Contemporain de Meymac (FR), Escher in het Paleis (Den Haag), Fotomuseum Den Haag, Verwey Museum Haarlem, Museum Tot Zover (Amsterdam); Villa Mondriaan (Winterswijk), Museum W, Museum iCoon, BlueKnowledge Art Collection’s art space, and presentations at art fairs as Art Rotterdam, Unseen Photo Fair, PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam Art Fair. Panyigay’s artist book VOID is published by Hartmann Books (Germany) in 2023.

Her work is part of such collections as Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museum Tot Zover, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Museum W., DZ Bank, KPMG, BlueKnowledge Art Collection, Lakeside Collection, Reyn van der Lugt, Sgabello Collection and a growing number of private collections.