Born 1970 in Gothenburg, Sweden
Lives and works in New York, USA

Web-site:
www.bernstrup.com

Education: 
1993-1998 The Royal College University of Fine Arts, Stockholm.

Solo exhibitions (selected):
2007 ADN-Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
2006 Mantis City, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai.
2006 Killing Spree, DA2, Salamanca.
2006 Killing Spree, Performance, Debaser, Stockholm.
2005 Killing Spree, Performance, La Paloma/LOOP-Barcelona 2005,         ADN-Galeria.
2005 Killing Spree, Performance & CD-Release, Zwinger Bar, organized by Kunsthalle Nürnberg.
2005 Performance at Rothko NYC.
2004 Art Basel Miami Beach, Andréhn-Schiptjenko
2004 XSEED 4000, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2004 XSEED 4000, Cosmic Galerie, Paris
2003 Animate Me No. 2, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland.
2002 Artissima, Present Future, Cosmic Galerie, Turin. 
2002 Nekropolis, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by Laurence Dreyfus.
2002 In the dead of night, Moniquemeloche, Chicago.
1999 Super Twins, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm.
1999 Museum Meltdown, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (with Palle Torsson). 
1998 Galleri Mejan, Stockholm.
Dancing Boulevard Café Symphony, Galleri FC, Malmö, Sweden. 
1996 Galleri Moment, Ängelholm, Sweden.
1995 Lovely Me, Station Skelderhus Magasinet, Munka Ljungby, Sweden.
1995 Electric Boogie, Gallery TRE, Stockholm.

Group exhibitions (selected):
2007 Frisbee Poster project, Los Angeles, curated by Ebgi and Jen     DeNike
2007 Switch on the Power!, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria,     Spain
2007 Art Feminism, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden    
2007 RENCONTRE VIDEO #4, Contemporary Art Museum of Val-de-Marne
2007 ACCELERATION, Halle de l’Ancien Karting, Neuchâtel,     Switzerland
2006 Switch on the power, CAAM, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2006 Art Feminism, Hälsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall, Sweden          
2006 TekniKunst2006, Art & Technology Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2006 ADN Galeria, Barcelona, Spain.
2006 Torpedo, Oslo, Norway.
2006 Switch on the Power, MARCO Museum, Vigo, Spain.
2006 Culture as Play, Microwave International Media Art Festival, Hong Kong.
2005 Art Feminism, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
2005 Trouble with fantasy, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
2005 Future for cities, Avenirs de villes, Le temps de lumieres, Nancy, France 
2004 Version 2004, Centre pour l'image contemporaine Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland.
2004 I need you, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland (in collaboration with Palle Torsson showing Museum Meltdown III, Moderna Museet).
2004 Live, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.*
2004 Another zero, Galleria d’Arte e Contemporanea, curated by November Paynter, Bergamo, Italy.
2003  Now What? Dreaming a better world in six parts
2003 BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2003 Attack!, in collaboration with Palle Torsson, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Phantom der Lust, visionen der masochismus in der kunst, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria.
2003  NOWN, Wood street Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA, curated by Michele Thursz.
2002 Busan Biennale, Metropolitan Art Musem, Busan, curated by Kim Airyung.
2002 Nouvelle Acquisitions, FRAC Champagne/Ardenne, Reims, France.
2002 Game Over City, FRAC Champagne/Ardenne, Reims, France, curated by Laurence Dreyfus.
2002 On the top of the world, Gió Marconi, Milan, curated by Caroline Corbetta. 
2001 9th Biennale of moving images, Centre pour l'image contemporain, Geneva.
KIMAF, Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev, curated by Katya Stukalova/Natalia Manzhali.
Tirana Biennale, Albania, organised by Giancarlo Politi.
2001 Connivence, Biennale de Lyon, Musée d'art contemporain.
2001 Monitor Vol. 1, Gagosian Gallery, New York.
2001 Male, Galerija sodobne umetnosti / Likovni salon Celje, Slovenia, curated by Irena Cercnik & Nevenka Sivavec.
2001 Berlin_London, ICA, London, curated by Rüdger Lange & Antje Weitzel.
2001 Disco, Arena Gallery, Chicago, curated by Monique Meloche.
2001 The Armory Show, Galleri Axel Mörner, New York City.
2000 Shivers, Cesare Manzo Gallery, Pescara, curated by Mauro Bianchini.
2000 Home Wrecker, Monique Meloche, Chicago.
2000 And She Will Have Your Eyes...  Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva.
2000 The Standard Projection, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, curated by Yvonne Force Villareal.
2000 Organising Freedom, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, curated by David Elliott.
2000 Art 31 Basel Art Fair, Galerie Analix Forever.
2000 i-ART, Contemporary Art in TIME, ArtNode, Stockholm.
2000 Teleport Diner, In collaboration with Creative Time, Chelsea Active Worlds and Färgfabriken Stockholm.
2000 Organising Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm curated by David Elliott.
2000 Shoot, Moving Images by Artists, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden.
1999 A & E, Chicago Project Room, curated by Michael Hall.
1999 Blick, Moderna Museet, Stockholm curated by Maria Lind/Cecilia Widenheim.
1999 Motion Studies, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen/Odense.
1999 Art Forum Berlin, Galleri Axel Mörner.
1999 I Var Sitt Rum, Vikingsbergs Konstmuseum, Helsingborg.
1999 Chelsea (Internet, Active Worlds) curated by Ginger Freeman.
1999 The Armory Show, Galleri Axel Mörner, New York City.
1999 Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm.
1999 Nuit Blanche Nordic Video Tour.
1998 7th Muestra international de performance Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City.
1998 Swedish Mess Arkipelag, Nordiska Museet, Stockholm curated by Maria Lind/Sara Arrhenius.
1998 Pakkhus, Momentum, Moss curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Atle Gerhardsen & Lars Bang Larsen.
1998 Gekko, Munchen Bryggeriet, Stockholm.
1998 Pleasure and Commitment Galleri Index, Stockholm.
1998 Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Axel Mörner.
1998 Nuit Blanche Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
1997 Performance Festival, Odense.
1997 The Male of The Species, MUU Gallery, Helsinki (with Palle Torsson).
1997 Liste-97 The Young Art Fair in Basel.
1997 Perish, Duende, Rotterdam.
1997 Funny vs Bizarre, The Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius  and Art Hall of Riga (with Palle Torsson) curated by Kestutis Kuizinas.
1997 Smart Show Goes To Sea, Gallery TRE, Stockholm-Helsinki.
1997 Projekt III, Gallery TRE, Stockholm.
1996 The Scream, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen (with Palle Torsson) curated by Kim Levin.
1996 Electronic Undercurrents, Statens Museum For Kunst, Copenhagen.
1996 Artgenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
1996 Love All, Färgfabriken, Stockholm.
1996 MUU Gallery, Helsinki.
1996 Uthärda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
1996 Offside-Nordic Natives in Global Village Bergen.
1996 Breaking Eyes Färgfabriken, Stockholm.
1996 Artgenda, Oksnehallen, Copenhagen.
Stockholm Smart Show.
1996 Otto Plonk, Bergen (with Lova Hamilton).
1995 Oslo-One Night Stand, Kunstnerernes Hus (with Lova Hamilton).
1995 Stockholm ArtHotel (with Palle Torsson).
1995 Re-View, Gallery TRE, Stockholm.
Stockholm Art Fair.

*Catalogue

Performances:
2006 Date Pending, curated by Paco Barragan Museum of Salamanca, Spain.
2006 Killing Spree, Debaser, Stockholm, presented by Andrehn-Schiptjenko.
2005 Killing Spree, Zwinger Bar, organized by Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany.
2005 Killing Spree, LOOP-Barcelona 2005, La Paloma, Barcelona, organized by La Paloma and ADN-Galeria.
2005 Killing Spree, Rothko, New York, USA.
2004 Centre d'art contemporain, Geneva.   
2004 Sketch Gallery, London, organized by Alexandre Pollazzon
2004 Riche Nouveau, Stockholm   
2004 Casino Noveau, organized by Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2004  Exit Art, curated by Michele Thurz, New York
2004 Moderna by Night, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2004 Debaser, Stockholm.
2003 Ventisette bel ragazzo di provincia cercando un’avventura stanotte, Galleria Sogospatty, Rome.
2003 Ehrlkönig, organised by Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Switzerland.
2002 Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2002 Re-Animate Me, CD-release, Färgfabriken, Stockholm.
2002 Gió Marconi, Milan.
2001 Kiev International Media Art Festival, Club Flamingo, Kiev.
2001 Sparwasser HQ, Berlin.
2001 Novalog, New Media Experience, Staatsbank, Berlin.
2001 SETS, performing surfaces, Magazzini del Sale, Venice Biennale, curated by Magdalena Malm.
2001 Disco, Arena Gallery, Chicago, curated by Monique Meloche.
2000 Teleport Diner, Färgfabriken, Stockholm.
2000 Bukowskis, Stockholm.
1999 The Armory Show, Galleri Axel Mörner, New York City.
1999 Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm.
1998 7th Muestra international de performance Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City.
1998 Images of Love, Galleri Index, Stockholm.
1998 Gekko, Munchen Bryggeriet, Stockholm.
1997 Liste-97 The Young Art Fair in Basel.
1997 Perish Duende, Rotterdam.
1997 One More Lonely Night Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm.
1997 The Heat of The Night Smart Show Goes To Sea, Stockholm-Helsinki.
1996 Nancy Love All, Färgfabriken, Stockholm.
1995 Euro-Non-Stop-Dancing, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (with Lova Hamilton).

Discography:
2005 “Killing Spree”, CD album
2002 "Re-Animate Me", Audio CD.
2002 "27 remix", 12" Vinyl single (edition of 400).
2002 "27 collector's Edition", 12" Vinyl single (edition of 100).
1998 "Images of Love", Audio CD (edition of 20).
1997 "The Heat of the Night", Audio CD (edition of 25).

Projects in collaboration with Palle Torsson: 
1999 Museum Meltdown, Moderna Museet, Stockholm www.artnode.se/meltdown
1997 Museum Meltdown, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius
1996 Museum Meltdown, Arken Museum of Moderna Art, Copenhagen
1996 "Kunst für Alle", Featuring Peter Wahlbeck
1995 "Join Hands" (Internet)
1995 "Nu lyfter vi Sverige", Art-project for the daily paper Expressen
1995 "The Gallery Project", Konstakademien, Stockholm

Collections:
FRAC, Champagne/Ardenne, Reims, France
Helsingborgs Konstmuseum
Moderna Museet Stockholm
Malmö Museer
Ängelholms Kulturnämnd

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