Monika Krajewska comes from a Warsaw family with diverse roots, including Tatar and Italian. She studied English philology at the University of Warsaw. In the 1970s, she became involved in the hippie movement and with mountaineering. During this time, she met Stanisław Krajewski, whom she married in 1974.
Both of them had a deep interest in Jewish cemeteries, Judaism and Jewish culture in general. They visited various locations in Poland, seeking out and photographing Jewish cemeteries and synagogues.
In the late 1970s, Monika Krajewska actively participated in the Jewish Flying University meetings. From 1981, she was involved with the Committee for the Care of Jewish Cemeteries and Monuments. In 1984, in the United States, she formally converted to Judaism. Monika Krajewska is considered one of the pioneers in the restoration of Jewish religious life in Poland and contemporary studies on Jewish funeral art and Polish Jewish cut-out art.
Her and Stanisław’s research inspired Lidia Zonn to create the film Dokumentacja in 1986.
For over 20 years, Monika Krajewska has been creating original cut-out art inspired by Jewish traditions. Some of her works, especially Mizrachs [Jewish art hung on an east wall], are close to traditional forms, while others are influenced by various aspects of Jewish art, texts, and symbols.