ANNA AND ELENA BALBUSSO, also known as the Balbusso Twins, are an international recognised award-winning Italian artist duo living in Milan. Their work has been published by major international publishers and companies through out the world on various media. They've illustrated more than 50 illustrated books, including the luxury limited edition of The Great Gatsby for Beehive Books, the deluxe Folio Society editions of The Handmaid's Tale, Pride and Prejudice, and Atlas Shrugged. Their work has been featured in numerous publications, including The Economist, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Times Book review, Reader’s Digest, and Corriere Della Sera. In their career they received more than 90 international honors & awards, including three Gold medals, a Silver medal and the Stevan Dohanos Award from the prestigious Society of Illustrators, as well as two Joseph Morgan Henninger Awards and a Silver of the SILA of Los Angeles; a Gold and two silver Awards of 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration; the Victoria and Albert Museum Illustration Awards Best Book, Andersen Prize Best Illustrators 34th, and a Graphis Silver Award. The Norman Rockwell Museum has included Balbusso Twins in the illustration history among the illustrators of The Decade 2010. Their artwork has been exhibited internationally. They are part of the Tolerance project, the tolerance poster travel show curated by artist-activist Mirko Ilic with famous artists and designers from all over the world. They have been included among the 18 greatest Italian artists in the "Children's illustration: Italian Excellence”, travel show of Bologna Children's Book Fair. Balbusso Twins have been featured in many prestigious publications of the visual communications industry including the prestigious Graphis Journal Issue #377, "The Power and Influence of illustration" and "Illustration The Third Edition: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective" by Alan Male Emeritus Professor of Falmouth University published by Bloomsbury UK; "Editorial Illustration: Context, Content and Creation by Andrew Selby, published by Bloomsbury UK; “Le Figure per dirlo” by Paola Pallottino, history of Italian women illustrators active from the 17th century to today by Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani; “Illusive Contemporary Illustration Part 4”, from German publisher Gestalten. Their work has been recognised by the Society of Illustrators New York, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA), Graphis Inc., the AOI, The Society of Publication Designers (SPD), Communication Arts, American Illustration, 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), The University & College Designers Association (UCDA), The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA), Spectrum, Creative Quarterly, Applied Arts Magazine, Andersen Review, Lürzers Archive 200 Best Illustrators worldwide, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, BIB Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, The CJ Picture Book Festival Seoul Korea. Follow them on @balbusso_twins
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