Selected solo exhibitions
| Year | Title | Location Sort descending | Traveling to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Karel Appel: Werk op papier | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | |
| 2002 | Karel Appel: werken op papier | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | |
| 1990 | Karel Appel: Ik wou dat ik een vogel was | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne; Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz |
| 1982 | Karel Appel: Werk op papier 1941 – 1981, tekeningen, aquarellen, gouaches | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany; Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, Germany; Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands; Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; Musée des Augustins, Toulouse; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo |
| 2005 | Karel Appel: Recente Werken | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague | |
| 1959 | Appel | Gendai Gallery, Tokyo | |
| 1963 | Appel Nudes | Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich | Galerie Europe, Paris; Gimpel Fils, London; Martha Jackson Gallery, New York |
| 1969 | Appel: Peinture acrylic | Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich | Gimpel Fils Gallery, London |
| 1975 | Appel | Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York | |
| 1983 | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York | |
| 1984 | Karel Appel | Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York | |
| 1962 | Karel Appel | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1981 | Karel Appel: Paintings from the 50's and 60's | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1983 | Karel Appel: New Work | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1959 | Oil paintings from 1952–1959 by Karel Appel | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1974 | Karel Appel: Paintings from the 50’s and 60’s, | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1974 | Karel Appel: Retrospective 1955–1973; Oils, Acrylics, Gouaches, Lithographs | Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami | |
| 1949 | Karel Appel | Het Beerenhuis, Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| 1980 | Karel Appel Recent Work | Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida | |
| 1959 | Dipingere coi tessuti | Il Centro Internazionale della Arti e del Costume, Palazzo Grassi, Venice | |
| 1957 | Paintings: Karel Appel | Institute of Contemporary Art, London | |
| 2019 | Karel Appel | Jahn und Jahn, Art Basel Feature | |
| 2018 | Karel Appel. Tête en carton. Collagen 1960 - 1967 | Jahn und Jahn, Munich | |
| 1985 | Karel Appel: CoBrA Paintings 1948-1951 | James Goodman Gallery, New York | |
| 2004 | Karel Appel. New Works on Paper | JG Contemporary, New York | |
| 1998 | Karel Appel: “Thinking Spaces” | Kärntner Landesgalerie Klagenfurt, Austria | |
| 1995 | Karel Appel: Ich bin die Erde der alles entspringt | Kärntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt, Austria | Moderna Galerija Ljubljana; Die Galerie im Taxispaleis, Innsbruck; Galerie Ulysses, Vienna |
| 2002 | Karel Appel | Kunstforum Wien, Vienna | |
| 1951 | Karel Appel | Kunstzaal van Lier, Amsterdam | |
| 1963 | Karel Appel: Selezione di dipinti dal 1950 al 1961 | La Medusa, Rome | |
| 1984 | Karel Appel | Listasafn, Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| 1966 | Karel Appel: paintings and graphics | Makler Gallery, Philadelphia | |
| 1987 | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings and Sculpture | Marisa del Re Gallery, New York | |
| 1988 | Karel Appel: Portraits from the Titan Series | Marisa del Re Gallery, New York | |
| 1991 | Karel Appel: Black & White Paintings | Marisa del Re Gallery, New York | |
| 1986 | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | Marisa del Re Gallery, New York | |
| 1976 | Karel Appel: Paintings of the 60’s | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1963 | Karel Appel: Paintings, Sculpture, Graphics, Books | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1954 | Karel Appel: First American Exhibition | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1956 | Appel | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1957 | Appel: New paintings | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1964 | Karel Appel: Object-Paintings | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1967 | Karel Appel | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1960 | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches, | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago; Nova Gallery, Boston; Gres Gallery, Washington, DC; Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1971 | Karel Appel | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1973 | Karel Appel: The Early Fifties - Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings, Ceramics 1950–56 | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 2017 | Karel Appel | Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris | |
| 1972 | Appel’s Appels | Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal | Traveled through Canada. |
| 2015 | Karel Appel: Works on paper | Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris | Pinakothek der Moderne - Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Müchen –, Munich |
| 1977 | Karel Appel | Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City | Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas; Museo de Arte Moderno Bogotá, Colombia |
