Hillard is fascinated by the physical and metaphorical construction of cloth and its relation to body, memory and space.
Her work combines weaving with photography, heat transfer printing and sound to produce multi-disciplinary installation works that explore the interface between traditional and new technologies.
Individual artworks and site-referential installations strive to evoke the sensual, material, aesthetic and emotional dimensions of place within interior spaces and natural environments.
Her work is included in private and public collections such as the National Trust Contemporary Art Collection, the Fibre Art Collection of the City of Chieri, Italy and the Cotsen ‘Textile Traces’ Collection in the George Washington Museum, USA.
A recipient of an Arts Council Creative Wales Award and winner of the Wales Contemporary Art prize. Her work was awarded first prize in the International Contemporary Textile Art Continere exhibition, Belgium; the International Textile Art Scythia exhibition in Ukraine and the Shell Fremantle Print Award, Australia. She has received 'Awards of Excellence' and 'Honourable Mention' in the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea and from the China Craft and Art Association in the International Lausanne to Beijing Fibre Art Exhibition.