Juul Kraijer studied at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and lives and works in Rotterdam. Her main mediums are drawing and photography, sculpture and video works.

Her works are found in many international collections: MoMA, New York; KIASMA, Helsinki; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Tasmania; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam; Teylers Museum, Haarlem; Drents Museum, Assen; Stedelijk Museum; Museum Het Domein, Sittard; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Fries Museum, Leeuwarden; Museum Overholland and many private and corporate collections in Europe, the United States and India.

Juul Kraijer is nominated for the Prix Guerlain du Dessin Contemporain 2018.