Stephen Friedman Gallery was founded in 1995 with a focus on representing emerging, mid-career and established artists from around the world. Since its inauguration, it has been based in Mayfair on Old Burlington Street. The gallery now has three spaces in which it hosts seven solo and group exhibitions per year. Additional works can be viewed by appointment in private rooms and office spaces. There is also a facility to exhibit outdoor sculpture in a landscaped private garden. The gallery represents twenty-eight artists, with areas of interest including conceptual and South American art, and covering abstraction, minimalism and figuration in painting, sculpture, video and installation. The gallery has an international programme and has overseen the rise of multiple high-profile artists, including David Shrigley (British) and Yinka Shonibare CBE (British Nigerian); Tom Friedman, Jim Hodges and Kehinde Wiley (American); Rivane Neuenschwander and Luiz Zerbini (Brazilian); Mamma Andersson and Andreas Eriksson (Swedish) and Kendell Geers (South African), amongst others. The gallery also works directly with the estates of Manuel Espinosa and Jiro Takamatsu, enhancing its primary programme of contemporary art with historical presentations of twentieth century masters.