Anna & Elena Balbusso

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Anna and Elena Balbusso, known as the Balbusso Twins, are an award-winning Italian artist duo working internationally in illustration, art, and design. Based in Milan, their work has been published by major publishers and companies worldwide, including newspapers and magazines such as The Economist, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, and Corriere Della Sera. They have illustrated over 50 books, including the luxury limited edition of The Great Gatsby for Beehive Books and deluxe Folio Society editions of The Handmaid's Tale, Pride and Prejudice, and Atlas Shrugged. Throughout their career, the Balbusso Twins have received over 100 international honors and awards, including four Gold Medals, a Silver Medal, and the Stevan Dohanos Award from the Society of Illustrators New York, as well as two Joseph Morgan Henninger Awards and a Silver Medal from the SILA of Los Angeles, the V&A Illustration Awards Best Book, and Platinum, Gold, and Silver Awards from Graphis Inc. They were also awarded Best of Show in the 3x3 Annual 20. Their work has been exhibited internationally, and the Norman Rockwell Museum included the Balbusso Twins in its history of illustration, recognizing them among the illustrators of the decade from 2010-2020.Their work regularly appears in leading international trade publications. In 2023, the influential magazine Graphis featured the artist duo in the Graphis Journal 377. Follow the Balbusso Twins at www.balbussotwins.com