Leo Katunaric Kadele

Leo Katunarić Kadele is a Croatian visual artist, theatre director, and theorist whose work moves fluidly across the fields of visual art, performance, and media theory. Educated as a theatre director at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, he has developed a multidisciplinary practice that spans painting, performance, installation, and critical writing. His projects frequently address the convergence of technological systems, spiritual frameworks, and the post-human condition.
Kadele’s installations and performances often take the form of conceptual environments—altars, temples, or sanctuaries—where digital, human, and ritualistic elements collide. He is particularly noted for his long-term exploration of "post-techno liturgies," ritual-based performances structured around machine-human interactions. These works feature hybrid figures, real-time data, and objects like 3D-printed godheads, forming a speculative vision of belief systems in the digital age.
A recurring element in Kadele’s work is the figure of the post-shaman: an avatar through which he questions identity, authorship, and spiritual agency. Alternating between corporate attire and post-industrial detritus, the artist himself becomes a medium for exploring how ritual...

2021. University of Zagreb. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. PhD.
1986. - 1991. Academy of drama art. Zagreb University. Croatia. Theatre director. MA.
1989. - 1990. Rector's Award / First class honour. Zagreb University, Croatia.
1982. - 1986. High school / art and culture. Split, Croatia. Journalism / tv and video.

2025. CHINA
Dafen Biennale

2024.
BERLIN, Germany
MIT KUNST ZU KANT
27. 10. 2024.
Bundesplatz 14, 10715 Berlin

ZAGREB, Croatia
hdlu annual exhibition
LOST DATA PORTAL

BREMEN, Germany
MIT KUNST ZU KANT

PAXOS BIENNALE, Greece
MANIFESTO OF MEMORY

Mysterium Crucis
Dubrovnik, Sponza Palace

2023. / 2024.
"Childhood Production"
Sveucilisna galeria Split, Croatia


2023.
South Korea
Passa Festival

2022.
Museum of the contemporary art Zagreb, Croatia.
The glorious arrival of Unstable god.

2021.
Museum of the contemporary art Zagreb, Croatia.
Give us your data / Machine loves you

2019.
China. Xi’an Museum of Fine Arts. “Touching the screen may create a life sequence inside.”

2018.
China. Xi’an Museum of Fine Arts. “Foldable universe” Silk Road International Art Exhibition.
Italy. Roma. Artrooms fair.
Colombia. Bogota, Medellin. / Zagreb. Croatia. “Desaparecido / Killing the artist”
China. Shenzhen. Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale.

2017.
China. Beijing. 7th Beijing Biennial.
Croatia. Zagreb. Museum of the contemporary art. Ht contemporary art award.

2016.
Croatia. Zagreb. MaxArtFest. “I am a spaceman. not a refugee!”
Croatia. Vukovar. “Commemoration of nothingness”

2015.
Croatia. Zagreb. “Cyber Faust”
Croatia, Zagreb...