Fillwalk works and instructs in a variety of time-based and digital media including video, installation, imaging, interactive art and animation. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa in Intermedia and Video Art in 1990 and has since received numerous grants, awards and fellowships. Most recently, he has been appointed the Director of the Intermedia and Animation Institute at Ball State University, created in part by a $20 million dollar grant from the Eli Lilly Foundation.