Selected solo exhibitions
| Year | Title | Location Sort descending | Traveling to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Karel Appel: Peinture-Sculpture-Dessin | Galerie d’Art Contemporain des Musées de Nice & Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice | |
| 1957 | Karel Appel | Galerie Espace, Haarlem, The Netherlands | |
| 2022 | Karel Appel. Spinning Six Decades | Galerie Jahn und Jahn, Munich | |
| 2020 | Karel Appel: On paper (1995 – 2000) | Galerie Lelong & Co, Paris - Online Viewing Room | |
| 2021 | Karel Appel. Eternal Space of Being | Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris | |
| 1998 | Appel: Natural Phenomenon | Galerie Lelong, Paris | |
| 2009 | Karel Appel: Peintures 2000–2001 | Galerie Lelong, Paris | |
| 2001 | Karel Appel: “Sag zum Abschied leise Servus” | Galerie Lelong, Paris | |
| 2003 | Karel Appel: oeuvres sur papier 1999-2002 | Galerie Lelong, Paris | |
| 1996 | Appel: Figures et Paysages | Galerie Lelong, Paris | |
| 1997 | Karel Appel: “Unintended Monuments” | Galerie Lelong, Zurich | |
| 2002 | Karel Appel: Japanese Landscapes | Galerie Lelong, Zurich | |
| 1996 | Karel Appel: Toskanischer Horizont | Galerie Lelong, Zurich | |
| 2023 | Karel Appel: Encounter in Spring and what follows | Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | |
| 2019 | Karel Appel: Late Nudes, 1985-1997 | Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | |
| 2021 | Karel Appel: Object Paintings | Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | |
| 2022 | Karel Appel. Paris / New York | Galerie Max Hetzler, London | |
| 2024 | CoBrA I Non-CoBrA | Galerie Max Hetzler, London | |
| 1971 | Karel Appel | Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark | |
| 1976 | Karel Appel: Schilderijen, gouaches, acryls, keramische beelden 1950-1975 | Galerie Nova Spectra, The Hague | |
| 1963 | Appel | Galerie Nova Spectra, The Hague | |
| 1981 | Karel Appel: tentoonstelling t.g.v. zijn 60-ste verjaardag | Galerie Nova Spectra, The Hague | |
| 1960 | Karel Appel | Galerie Rive Droite, Paris | |
| 1962 | Karel Appel: Sculptures | Galerie Rive Droite, Paris | |
| 1955 | Karel Appel | Galerie Rive Droite, Paris | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| 1956 | Karel Appel: Portraits | Galerie Rive Droite, Paris | |
| 1985 | Karel Appel: New Yorker Bilder 1984–1985 | Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne | |
| 1957 | Appel | Galerie Stadler, Paris | |
| 2006 | Karel Appel: Last Paintings | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 1998 | Karel Appel: Birth of a Landscape | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2007 | Karel Appel. Works on paper 1949 – 2005 | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2008 | Karel Appel: The Sixties | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2010 | Karel Appel. Paintings from five Decades | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2013 | Karel Appel: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2016 | Karel Appel. Paintings from Six Decades | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2001 | Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2002 | Karel Appel: Mutation in Motion | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2017 | Karel Appel. Works on Paper 1945-2006 | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2004 | Karel Appel. The Cobra Years | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2008 | Karel Appel: Opere 1990–2002 | Galleria Arte 92, Milan | |
| 2005 | Karel Appel: Opere 1991–2002 | Galleria Arte 92, Milan | |
| 1964 | Karel Appel | Galleria Blu, Milan | |
| 1961 | K. Appel | Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan | |
| 1956 | K. Appel: Dipinti e ceramiche | Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan | |
| 1957 | Appel | Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome | |
| 1960 | Karel Appel | Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo, Italy | Gimpel Fils Gallery, London; Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Essen, Germany |
| 2024 | Karel Appel. Toscana | Galleria Poggiali, Florence | |
| 1961 | Appel | Gallery Moos, Toronto | |
| 2016 | Karel Appel Retrospectief / Karel Appel Retrospective | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | |
| 2001 | Karel Appel: Werk op papier | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague |