He is a co-founder of XVIVO, which produced the movie The Inner Life of the Cell for Harvard's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

[2] His mother, Ruth, was a soprano with the New York City Opera, and both exposed Bolinsky to the world of visual and performing arts.

[3] Bolinsky completed his 4 years of undergraduate studies from 1976 to 1980 at Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in medical illustration and a masters in anatomy.

[7][8] He has written over 830 illustrations, working with major pharmaceutical companies such as Mayo Clinic and the National Institutes of Health.

His biggest accomplishment is the project The Inner Life of a Cell that visualizes aspects of cellular mechanics, with millions of views on the web.