A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes a switching element connected to a data line and a gate line, a light source configured to provide the display panel with a light, a light source driver configured to turn the light source on and off, and a panel driver configured to output a data voltage to the data lines and a gate signal to the gate lines during an ON period in which the light source turns on the light, and to block the data voltage to be applied to the data lines and the gate signal to be applied to the gate lines during an OFF period in which the light source turns off the light.