Марианске-Лазне
Matějková studied at sculpture class of Arts Grammar School in Prague with Prof. M. Uchytilová-Kucová (1953–1956) and made several attempts to enter university. In spite of passing examinations, she was rejected for political reasons. In between exams she undertook practical stonemason training and worked in a porcelain factory in Duchcov. After a last unsuccessful attempt in Bratislava she returned to Mariánské Lázně and worked for three years as an art teacher in Mariánské Lázně and Cheb and as a graphic artist at the Mariánské Lázně Arts Centre KaSS. At a local theatre Kruh/Circle in the arts centre she acts, sings, writes, portrays friends.