Art4Equality projects include a public art billboard exhibition throughout New York City during the 2020 presidential election, presented in collaboration with The Untitled Space and non-profit SaveArtSpace.
In 2017, Cesarine stated that opening The Untitled Space was part of an effort to “expose the gender bias that takes place in the art world” and that it represented “a response to an industry that remains permeable to rampant sexism.”[7] “The ‘F’ Word: Feminism in Art” was a group show in October 2015, curated by Cesarine and Denise Krimershmoys in celebration of The Untitled Magazine's “#GirlPower Issue.” It featured the work of 20 female artists, including CocoRosie, Elektra KB, Frances Goodman, Hye Rim Lee, Mari Kim, Natalie White, Sophia Wallace, Vexta, and Zana Briski.
As an all-women art show, 'In the Raw' is automatically (and sadly) a rarity.”[32] The exhibition featured works by Victoria de Lesseps, Kelsey Bennett, Amanda Charchian, Leah Schrager, Maria Kreyn, Lynn Bianchi, Marie Tomanova, Marianna Rothen, Meredith Ostrom, and Sophia Wallace.
"I think it's really interesting how the nude is in many respects still considered taboo by society, yet is such an integral part of the history of art," Cesarine told Priscilla Frank of The Huffington Post, continuing, "I think it is extremely important for women to be liberated from perceiving themselves only via the eyes of men.
Vogue described it as "a collective meditation on a year of rage that pushes mediums to the extreme.”[37] Among the exhibiting artists were Alexandra Rubenstein, Alison Jackson, Ann Lewis, Leah Schrager, Grace Graupe-Pillard, Michele Pred, Olive Allen, Parker Day, Rebecca Leveille, Signe Pierce, and Tatana Kellner.
[41] The sisters each contributed original work to the exhibition, alongside notable artists Hein Koh, Juno Calypso, Maisie Cousins, Monica Garza, Nadia Lee Cohen, Panteha Abareshi, Parker Day, Sam Cannon, and Signe Pierce.
[48] The 2018 exhibition "(HOTEL) XX"[49][50] was an immersive hotel-room installation at the SPRING/BREAK Art Show, for which Indira Cesarine curated the artwork of 20+ female-identifying artists including Alexandra Rubenstein, Fahren Feingold, Julia Fox, Kat Toronto aka Miss Meatface, Meredith Ostrom, Myla Dalbesio, Suzanne Wright as well as works by Cesarine, on the subject of what happens behind the closed doors of hotel rooms.
[55] Artists Alexandra Rubinstein, Gracelee Lawrence, Hiba Schahbaz, Jasmine Murrell, Jeanette Hayes, Jessica Lichtenstein, Leah Schrager, Sarah Maple, and Cesarine each exhibited work.
[58][59] Also among the 46 exhibiting artists were Alison Jackson, Grace Graupe Pillard, Karen Bystedt, Katie Commodore, Logan White, Reisha Perlmutter, and Robin Tewes.
Anna Sampson, Anne Barlinckhoff, Elisa Garcia de la Huerta, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Hiba Schabaz, Lisa Levy, and Sarah Maple were also exhibiting artists.
[63] "Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness" in fall 2020 was a group exhibition of more than 50 artists that combined a gallery show and a public art billboard series presented in collaboration with non-profits SaveArtSpace and Art4Equality[64] at various New York City locations, focused on responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the political and civil unrest of that summer.
The billboards, which were located across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, NYC, featured artworks by Panteha Abareshi, Indira Cesarine, Kim McCarty, Anne Barlinckhoff, Ashley Chew, Donna Bassin, Fahren Feingold, Jodie Herrera, Meg Lionel Murphy, Saruupa Sidaarth, and Travis Rueckert.
[23] Exhibiting gallery artists additionally included Alexandra Rubinstein, Ann Lewis, Karen Bystedt, Lynn Bianchi, Michele Pred, and Robin Tewes.
"[65][66] The exhibition presented “figurative and abstract works that address our lived experience and history through the lens of women weaving, knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, and interlacing.” Cesarine curated the exhibition to reflect the concept of “unraveling” narratives of “self-identification, race, religion, gender, sexuality, our shared experience, as well as protest and the patriarchy” through “embroidery, felt, woven and hooked rugs, braided and sewn hair, sewn fabrics, discarded clothing, cross-stitching, repurposed materials and more.” Caroline Wayne, Jeila Gueramian, Katie Cercone, Katie Commodore, Katrina Majkut, Linda Friedman Schmidt, and Orly Cogan were among the exhibiting artists.
[68] Curated by Cesarine, it explored “in-depth themes of pioneering creativity with artists defying the odds to explore new frontiers with their work” and coincided with the release of The Untitled Magazine's “INNOVATE Issue.” Andreas Wannerstedt, Alexy Préfontaine aka Aeforia, Asher Levine, Joanna Grochowska,[69] Laura Kimmel, Leah Schrager, Martha Zmpounou, Synchrodogs, Watson Mere, and Yuge Zhou were exhibiting artists.
[76] The exhibition, curated by Cesarine, featured works reflecting themes of sensuality, the female gaze, and media imagery through “an exploration of the poetic versus the literal.”[77][78] A solo show at the 2019 SPRING/BREAK Art Show curated by Cesarine for The Untitled Space gallery at United Nations Plaza presented Alison Jackson's photos of celebrity lookalikes, titled "Mental Images x Alison Jackson,"[79] on the theme of people's obsessions with celebrities making their "mental images" seem more real than records of actual reality.
Curated by Cesarine, “MISS MEATFACE” featured the artist’s photographs exploring female sexuality, feminine beauty, gender roles, and the objectification of women.
[83] Artnet quoted Maple as saying about the exhibit, “I am interested in how a lack of action directly and/or indirectly inflicts suffering and potential violence on its citizens.”[84] “EXPOSED,” a duo show exhibiting works by feminist artists Grace Graupe-Pillard and Robin Tewes, an original member of feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls, ran from September–October 2019 and featured new and historical works from both artists that aimed to challenge gender roles in contemporary America.
[87] It reflected the artist’s contemporary female gaze on Surrealism and explored the juxtaposition of “subconscious realities bound by the contrasts of hyperrealism and ethereal symbolism.” Cesarine stated that the works were created partially in response to the influence of Surrealist masters including Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, and Dora Maar, resulting in a “journey through our fantasies and expectations, rendered through the lens of dreams and desires.”[88] The exhibition was closed one day after its opening on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and reopened later that summer.