- Franz Ackermann: The Waterfall October 19, 2002 - January 4, 2004
- Life Death Love Hate Pleasure Pain November 16, 2002 - April 20, 2003
- Maurizio Cattelan: Felix November 28, 2002 - April 4, 2003
- Archigram: Experimental Architecture 1961-1974 October 19, 2002 - January 19, 2003
- Gillian Wearing: Mass Observation October 19, 2002 - January 19, 2003
- Coming Together October 19, 2002 - January 12, 2003
- D'nell Larson: Café Project April 19, 2002 - January 5, 2003
- Alexander Calder in Focus: Works from the Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan July 20, 2002 - January 1, 2003
- Wanderings of the Mind?s Eye: Photographs by Illinois Artists from the MCA Collection September 14, 2002 - January 5, 2003
- Giuseppe Gabellone September 7, 2002 - January 5, 2003
- Representing Nature August 24, 2002 - January 5, 2003
12 × 12: Kerry Skarbakka December 6 - 29, 2002
12 × 12: Clare Rojas November 1 - 30, 2002- Just Like Music: Sound in the MCA Artist's Book Collection September 14 - November 2, 2002
12 × 12: Cindy Loehr October 4 - 27, 2002- Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s July 13 - October 20, 2002
- People See Paintings: Photography and Painting from the MCA Collection January 19 - October 20, 2002
12 × 12: Adam Scott September 6 - 29, 2002- Andreas Gursky June 22 - September 28, 2002
- Liz Larner: Untitled May 1 - September 8, 2002
- Donald Moffett: What Barbara Jordan Wore May 4 - September 8, 2002
- 12 × 12: Georgina Valverde August 2 - September 1, 2002
- Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the Architectural Uncanny June 8 - August 11, 2002
- Multiformity: Multiples from the MCA Collection July 2 - 29, 2002
- Gregg Bordowitz: Drive April 5 - July 7, 2002
- 12 × 12: Danielle Gustafson-Sundell with special guest Carrie Gundersdorf: The Make-Out June 7 - 30, 2002
- 12 × 12: Paul Dickinson May 3 - June 2, 2002
- Mies in America February 16 - May 26, 2002
- Gary Simmons February 16 - May 19, 2002
- The Body Present: Effigies, Decoys, and Other Equivalents January 19 - May 12, 2002
12 × 12: John White Cerasulo April 5 - 28, 2002- LoveSexy: Identity and Desire in the MCA Collection January 19 - April 21, 2002
12 × 12: Nicholas Brown March 1 - 31, 2002
12 × 12: Paté Conaway February 1 - 24, 2002
12 × 12: Rashid Johnson January 4 - February 7, 2002