Klita, the Hebrew title of his exhibition, seeks to address two senses of this word, which were to shape his works. The first one pertains to absorption as reception in a social setting. Tubis immigrated from Moscow aged 12 and the throes of absorption left their mark on him. While his family completed this process with relative success, Tubis remained withdrawn, and it was a while before the sense of failure to connect with his new surroundings relented. The second meaning of klita pertains to signal reception, a regular feature in the converter at the new immigrants’ rented flat. This same action facilitated Tubis’ exposure to the cinematic world of Andrei Tarkovsky, who remains a source of inspiration for him.
Like Tarkovsky, his source of inspiration, Tubis attributes great importance to the concept of home, which inhabits much of his works.
“Detached from home, or at least ill-at-ease therein, while the wooden country home image, where they spent their childhood, resurfaces in their dreams.” (From Converter exhibition catalogue).

Alex Tubis, born in Moscow in 1978, lives and works in the town of Rishon LeZion. A graduate from Bezalel’s Department of Visual Communication (2001-2005), Tubis read philosophy at the Hebrew University. He has participated in exhibitions in Israel and abroad, including solo exhibitions in Beit HaOmanim, Jerusalem, 2007, Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig, 2009, and Jaffa Art Saloon and Rishon LeZion Municipal Art Gallery, and his works featured in two Fresh Paint Art Fair group exhibitions.
Alex currently teaches art at Avni Institute of Art and Design, Holon Institute of Technology, and the Israel Museum.