Selected solo exhibitions
| Year | Title Sort descending | Location | Traveling to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Karel Appel: Black & White Paintings | Marisa del Re Gallery, New York | |
| 1985 | Karel Appel: CoBrA Paintings 1948-1951 | James Goodman Gallery, New York | |
| 1962 | Karel Appel: Collages 1949–1962 | Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich | |
| 2001 | Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 1987 | Karel Appel: Dipinti, sculture e collages | Castello di Rivoli, Turin | |
| 1963 | Karel Appel: Dix Ans de Lithographie 1953 - 1963 | Galerie Anderson - Mayer, Paris | |
| 2023 | Karel Appel: Encounter in Spring and what follows | Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | |
| 1954 | Karel Appel: First American Exhibition | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1996 | Karel Appel: Gemälde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen 1950–1965 | BAWAG Fondation, Vienna | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna |
| 2013 | Karel Appel: I do not paint, I hit! | Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1990 | Karel Appel: Ik wou dat ik een vogel was. Grote formaten in de Beurs van Berlage | Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam | |
| 2002 | Karel Appel: Japanese Landscapes | Galerie Lelong, Zurich | |
| 2006 | Karel Appel: Last Paintings | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 2019 | Karel Appel: Late Nudes, 1985-1997 | Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | |
| 2021 | Karel Appel: Life-Size and larger | Eenwerk Gallery, Amsterdam | |
| 2023 | Karel Appel: Life-Size and larger | Eenwerk Gallery at Art Rotterdam | |
| 2007 | Karel Appel: Monumentale Aktzeichnungen | Albertina, Vienna | |
| 2002 | Karel Appel: Mutation in Motion | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 1983 | Karel Appel: New Work | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1985 | Karel Appel: New Yorker Bilder 1984–1985 | Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne | |
| 2021 | Karel Appel: Object Paintings | Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | |
| 1964 | Karel Appel: Object-Paintings | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 1983 | Karel Appel: Oeuvres récentes | Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris | |
| 2003 | Karel Appel: oeuvres sur papier 1999-2002 | Galerie Lelong, Paris | |
| 2020 | Karel Appel: On paper (1995 – 2000) | Galerie Lelong & Co, Paris - Online Viewing Room | |
| 2008 | Karel Appel: Opere 1990–2002 | Galleria Arte 92, Milan | |
| 2005 | Karel Appel: Opere 1991–2002 | Galleria Arte 92, Milan | |
| 2020 | Karel Appel: Out of Nature | Blum & Poe, Art Basel Online Viewing Room | |
| 2018 | Karel Appel: Out of Nature | Blum & Poe, Los Angeles | |
| 1962 | Karel Appel: Paintings 1951–1956 | Stephen Hahn 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 |
| 1986 | Karel Appel: Paintings 1980–1985 | Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol | Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
| 1966 | Karel Appel: paintings and graphics | Makler Gallery, Philadelphia | |
| 1981 | Karel Appel: Paintings from the 50's and 60's | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1974 | Karel Appel: Paintings from the 50’s and 60’s, | Gimpel Fils, London | |
| 1976 | Karel Appel: Paintings of the 60’s | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 2013 | Karel Appel: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture | Galerie Ulysses, Vienna | |
| 1967 | Karel Appel: Paintings, Gouaches, Graphics | Redfern Gallery, London | |
| 1963 | Karel Appel: Paintings, Sculpture, Graphics, Books | Martha Jackson Gallery, New York | |
| 2001 | Karel Appel: Pastorale Chiaroscuro | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam | |
| 1987 | Karel Appel: Peinture-Sculpture-Dessin | Galerie d’Art Contemporain des Musées de Nice & Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice | |
| 2009 | Karel Appel: Peintures 2000–2001 | Galerie Lelong, Paris | |
| 1978 | Karel Appel: Peintures et Sculpture | Fondation Château de Jau, Cases-de-Pène, France | |
| 1988 | Karel Appel: Portraits | Galerie de France, Paris | |
| 1956 | Karel Appel: Portraits | Galerie Rive Droite, Paris | |
| 1988 | Karel Appel: Portraits from the Titan Series | Marisa del Re Gallery, New York | |
| 1998 | Karel Appel: Psychopathological Art 1948–50 | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam | Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
| 1983 | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York |