About the Artist
Nicole Freitas Creek

About the Artist



A native Californian, I received my BA in mathematics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. I completed one year of undergraduate architecture at University of Texas at San Antonio where I was on the Dean’s List thereby qualifying for the prestigious Masters of Architecture Program at the University of Texas at Austin. I have also accumulated a variety of fine arts courses at various schools, including sculpture, metal smithing, 2 and 3 dimensional design, drawing and art history. I am now approximately one year from a degree in fine art. I am also an accomplished seamstress. My art is a synthesis and expansion of these influences, relying heavily on my own vision of their confluence.

I worked for fifteen years as a systems analyst for Tecolte Research and for Lockheed/Martin Marietta on the space shuttle and later at the University of California at San Diego in La Jolla. At the age of twenty-nine I had a devastating nervous breakdown. I was disabled for two years before returning to work. At the depths of despair, I found myself turning to art. The pieces shown here are a testament to the great joy I have found in creativity.

Member of Austin Visual Artists Association
Volunteer at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art

Shows and Private Sales
1995 Woman Contemplating Her Next Move, private show, San Antonio, TX
2001 Sale of Ode to a Known Stranger, pastel on colored papers, Robin Shivers, daughter-in-law to the former governor of Texas, Allen Shivers $2500
2001 Definata Show, Lombardi Gallery, Austin, TX
2001 Sale of Eve, acrylic painting, Carol Austin, graphic artist, $3000
2003 Splash, Imagine Art Gallery, Austin, TX
2006 Austin Visual Artist Association Membership Show, AVAA Studios, Austin,TX
2006 The Mediation Center, Austin, TX
2006 The Zachary Scott Theater, Austin, TX
2006 Publication,Beyond Boundaries, VSA Arts of Texas, Austin, TX
2007 Austin Bergstrom International Airport, juried show, Austin, TX
2007 Mind Puddles Gallery,Houston, TX
2007 IF+D Design Studio,Austin, TX
2008 1102 Gillespie Street Open House,Travis Heights, Austin, TX
2008 Erotica Show, Gallery Lombardi, juried show, Austin, TX
2008 Sale of From Me to You,Bondage Series,unknown benefactor, $1000
2008 Travis Heights Art Trail, Austin, TX
2009 Fair Bean Coffee House, solo show, Austin, TX


Photograph by Allison Aydelotte