Hana Hillerová is a visual artist and designer known primarily for her large-scale sculptures and installations. She studied at Charles University in Prague and, at the age of 22, moved to the United States to attend California Polytechnic University. She went on to earn her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she later served as Director of the Creative Research Laboratory.
Hillerová works across the fields of contemporary art and design. Her works have been exhibited in Europe and overseas. Among her major commissions is a permanent installation of twenty metal sculptures at Houston Intercontinental Airport (2010). During her maternity leave, she returned to her native Prague, where she joined the collective Mothers Artlovers and began working with glass. Since 2020 she creates vases, glass sculptures, architectural elements, and lighting objects, which she has presented at major international design events including Greenhouse at Stockholm Design Week, Collectible Fair in Brussels (with Shak Gallery), Lake Como Design Week, Designblok in Prague, Venice Design Week, Nomad in St. Moritz, and Milan Design Week (with Rossana Orlandi Gallery).
Hillerová received the Female Artist of the Year award (Austin Critics Table Award, 2005) and was nominated for the Texas Prize (Arthouse at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, 2010). Her Night and Day lamp collection was nominated for Best New Designer Product at Designblok 2024 and for the Czech EDIDA awards in the Lighting and Young Talent categories (2024).
For May 2026, Hana Hillerová is preparing a solo exhibition at Traver Gallery in Seattle, USA.