Banana is pleased to present its inaugural duo exhibition Hibernation, featuring works by Karim Hussein and Maria Steyer. The exhibition invites viewers into an intimate setting of a private apartment, a place to settle, pause and take a break. Like animals curling into winter sleep, the beginning of the year is a time to be indoors, turn inward, and notice what’s close. Karim Hussein’s canvases bring warmth and familiarity, qualities rare in Berlin’s dark, dismal winter months. Maria Steyer’s sculptures are often inspired by human relationships, with an emphasis on maternal bonds, as well as attachment between the materials she employs.

Karim Hussein, Cherry Cola, 2025, oil on canvas
Maria Steyer,Der Baum möchte wissen, was die kleinen Vögel nicht von den Dächern zwitschern, 2024, glazed ceramics

Maria Steyer, Ohne Titel, 2024, glazed ceramics

Karim Hussein, Du bist vorbeigegangen, 2025, oil on canvas
Maria Steyer, Ohne Titel, 2023, glazed ceramics
Maria Steyer, Ohne Titel, 2024, glazed ceramics

Karim Hussein, Die Katze und der Goldfisch, 2025, oil on canvas

Karim Hussein, Lion (at home), 2026, oil on canvas
Maria Steyer, Draußen ist eine Landschaft in Form von unzähligen mit Gras bedeckten Hügeln, 2022, glazed ceramics
Maria Steyer, Ohne Titel, 2024, glazed ceramics

Images: Milan Koch.