[citation needed] On and off Kaechele attended University of California, Santa Cruz, but in 1999, left just short of graduation to work with VH1 producer Tad Low on a travel show.
The production took her to remote southern Lebanon, where she remained with a group of writers, philosophers and historians in Sur (Tyre), a nonpartisan observer in Hezbollah territory.
[8] The foundation invited local and international artists to create site-specific installations utilizing the houses and surrounding ecological and social environment as medium.
[citation needed] Kaechele founded MONA's 24 Carrot program in Tasmania, a sister garden project in partnership with the Tasmanian Department of Education and private funders.
[16] The Embassy, intended to run for three months, was so popular that Kaechele decided to keep it open and build a permanent space to house the studio- as part of a larger school.
[19] In addition to an exhibition at the museum, Eat the Problem also involved the launch of a cookbook with dishes created using invasive species, and a number of feasts at MONA.
[21] In 2005, Kaechele began to buy five properties in poor condition on North Villere Street in the St. Roch neighborhood in New Orleans, an area known for gun violence and poverty.
[22] In 2024, the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled, following a complaint by a male visitor, that the Ladies Lounge, an art exhibit at MONA that allowed entry to women only as part of its conceptualization, would be required to open for men as well.
[24] Kaechele, who appeared as a witness, was accompanied by 25 other women who were dressed in matching outfits and continuously moved in sync, which the tribunal found to be "inappropriate, discourteous and disrespectful".
[31] In September 2024, Tasmanian Supreme Court Justice Shane Marshall overturned the tribunal's decision on the grounds that the installation qualified for an exemption from the state’s anti-discrimination act under a section that allows discrimination if the intention behind the action is to promote equal opportunity for a group of people who are disadvantaged or have a special need.
Marshall stated that the Ladies' Lounge was legitimate because it was "highlighting the lack of equal opportunity", to which Kaechele responded that the "verdict demonstrates a simple truth: women are better than men.