Studies:
1967 – 70 The High School of Glass Art at Železný Brod
1970 – 76 The Academy of Applied Arts, Studio for Glass, prof. St. Libenský

Awards:
1978 II. Quadrienale, Erfurt, Germany
1982 III. Quadrienale, Erfurt, Germany
1984 Glass 84, Tokyo, Japan
1996 The Prize of Masaryk's Academy of Arts, Prague
1999 The Medal of Franz Kafka for Artistic Creation, Prague
2007 International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan

Collections:
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
Museum of Glass, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Museum of Glass, Frauenau, Germany
National Museum of WA, Washington D.C., USA
Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Museum of Rheinbach, Rheinbach, Germany
Galerie Lobmayer, Vienna, Austria
Sasaki Glass, Tokyo, Japan
Essener Glas Galerie, Essen, Germany
Karuziawa Bohemian Glass Museum, Kita-sakugun, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama City, Japan
Silica, Kita-Ibaraki City, Japan
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Kamo-gun, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
R. D. Abramson, Washington D.C., USA
B. Ginsburg, Los Angeles, California, USA
K. Danderfer, Vancouver, Canada
Umělecko-průmyslové muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic
Severočeské muzeum, Liberec, Czech Republic
Východočeské muzeum, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Moravská galerie, Brno, Czech Republic
Oblastní galerie, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Television, Prague, Czech Republic
Castle Lemberk, collection IGS, Nový Bor, Czech Republic