The gallery opened in 2007 at 11 Rivington Street, where it measured only 650 square feet. Under the directorship of Augusto Arbizo, in 2012, the business expanded to a 1,200 square foot storefront space at 195 Chrystie Street, and in 2015 11R‘s the gallery sustained an even bigger expansion. The gallery’s roster focuses on young New York-based American artists such as Chris Caccamise, Jackie Saccoccio, Adam Shechter, and Mika Tajima, but also includes Berliner Volker Hüller and Brazilian artist Caetano de Almeida.