Provided are an organic light emitting display (OLED) apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The OLED apparatus includes: a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate including: a support substrate, including a soft material and a plurality of TFTs on the support substrate corresponding to a plurality of pixel areas, a light emitting array (LEA) including a plurality of organic light emitting devices on the TFT array substrate corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, a sealing structure facing the TFT array substrate, the LEA interposed between the TFT array substrate and the sealing structure, and an adhesive layer between the LEA and the sealing structure to adhere the LEA to the sealing structure, wherein the sealing structure includes: a protective layer on the LEA, a sealing layer over the TFT array substrate, and a barrier layer adhering the protective layer to the sealing layer.