Kirsha Kaechele is an American contemporary artist and curator born in 1976 in Topanga Canyon, California, raised in Guam and Micronesia, whose unconventional journey led her from establishing KKProjects in post-Katrina New Orleans to becoming a provocative force at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). Blending art with social activism, her projects range from transforming abandoned houses into artistic spaces, staging gun buybacks as performance art, creating an invasive species cookbook, and establishing a controversial women-only “Ladies Lounge” that sparked a discrimination lawsuit and national debate. Now married to MONA founder David Walsh, Kaechele continues to challenge conventions through her environmentally-focused projects and theatrical performances that turn complex social problems into artistic opportunities.
