A display device and a method of fabricating a display device. The display device includes a substrate including an emission area and a subarea adjacent to the emission area, a bank disposed in the emission area of the substrate, a height difference compensation pattern disposed in the subarea of the substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed on the bank, the first electrode and the second electrode being spaced apart from each other, and a light-emitting element disposed in the emission area, between the first electrode and the second electrode.