Marija Barna‐Lipkovski (Belgrade 1989) is a theater director, performer and arts researcher.
She is exploring performativity as the intersection of everyday life, techno‐capitalism and arts.
After finishing her BA and MA studies of theater directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, and spending one year as a DAAD arts scholar in Berlin, Marija founded a theater group Threepenny/Tri Groša. With this group she explores the shifting border between reality and fiction, often using multimedia and interdisciplinary approach.
Marijas theater performances has received a number of prizes, most notably Best director at the ArtOkraina festival in St. Petersburg and Best performance at the Art Trema festival in Ruma.
She is a research assistant at the Faculty of Technical Science, department for Scene Design in Novi Sad where she obtained her DA title.