He received a B.A. from U.C. Santa Barbara in printmaking and painting with an emphasis in animation in 1983 and an M.F.A. in printmaking and filmmaking from San Francisco State University in 1993. Reilly has exhibited a number of multimedia installations at galleries throughout the Bay Area which integrated visual art and film techniques. His collaboration with a group of artists known as Larval Modalities has centered on bringing life to machines through film and other media. Vlad Draculea is Reilly's second collaboration with NNP.