Immigrating to Israel in 1992, the young artist continued his education with another recent arrival to Israel, Professor Irena Barilev (formerly of the Repin Academy of the Fine Arts in St. Petersburg) while also learning graphic design. Since 1998, Bernstein has been employed in the arts, working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer and a lecturer in Graphic Composition in Emek Israel College. He also worked during this time at Bet Levinstein, a Raanana rehabilitation center.

Currently, Bernstein lives (with his wife, an anthropologist, and their two children)  and works in Frankfurt am Maim, Germany, where he has served as a volunteer at the Foundation of the Integrative Art School for German and Migrant Children in Wuppertal, and has freelanced and taught illustration and graphics.

Today, Bernstein has the esteem to be able to devote himself to his oil and charcoal works, and he is frequently invited to exhibit his art.

The artist's work, in mixed media, reflects his diverse life experience in an ever-changing world, and his open access to several philosophies and political attitudes in the places he has been. Integrating this understanding into a cogent, individual way of thinking and working seems to have hit a chord; Bernstein's artistic fusion is a visceral exercise in empathy.

Using the most cutting-edge professional tools alongside his traditional education, Bernstein's content speaks as many languages as he does, but more importantly one language: his own.