ANNA & ELENA BALBUSSO

Anna & Elena Balbusso, twins from Italy, live and work in Milan. Since 1994 they have worked as a freelance team illustrating in Italy, France, U.S., United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea. Their works have been published by major publishers and companies through out the world on various media types such as book jackets, magazines, newspapers, in house corporate, ads, children's books and classic novels.

The Balbussos' work has been recognized by Communication Arts, 3x3 The Magazine Of Contemporary Illustration, Applied Arts Magazine, the Society of Illustrators NY, American Illustration, Print European Regional Design and the Bologna Children's Book Fair. In 2010 they have been awarded the Gold Medal in the book category of the Society of Illustrators, NY 53 Annual exhibition and a Silver Medal, 3x3 children's show.

Their work is featured in the Communication Arts Design Annual 51 - 2010 with an eight page article written by Bonnie Smeet and 16 samples of their work. They have been members of the Society of Illustrators of New York since 2009. Anna and Elena Balbusso graduated from the Brera Accademy of Fine Arts where they specialized in painting.

AWARDS

2011 GOLD MEDAL book category SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS of NY "Illustrators 53 Annual exhibition and Book"

2010 AWARD SILVER MEDAL 3X3 Children's Show No.7, NY USA; 2010 AWARD: MERIT 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 7, NY USA; 2010 AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 29 chosen (web gallery AI-AP); 2010 AWARD: APPLIED ARTS MAGAZINE Photography & Illustration Awards Annual; 2010 CA's AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Illustration Annual 51, Communication Arts magazine USA; 2010 AWARD: SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS of NY, "Illustrators 52 Annual exhibition and Book". 

2009 CA's AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Illustration Annual 50, Communication Arts magazine USA; 2009 AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 28 chosen (web gallery AI-AP); 2009 AWARD: SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS of NY, "Illustrators 51 Annual exhibition and Book". 

2008 CA's AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Illustration Annual 49, Communication Arts magazine USA; 2008 AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 27 chosen (web gallery AI-AP)

2007 CA's AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Illustration Annual 48, Communication Arts magazine USA. 2005 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy. 

2001 Selection BIBI, Bratislava Illustrators Biennial for children's book. 

2000 FIRST PRIZE National Illustration Competition "Interpretation of Lombardia Region", Lombardia Region, Associazione Illustratori Italiana, Italy. 

1999 Selection BIBI, Bratislava Illustrators Biennial for children's book. 

1998 PRINT Certificate of Design Excellent, Print European Regional Design Annual. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010 "Le Horla" by Guy De Maupassant, Editions Milan.  France 2010 "The Song of Roland." The Folio Society, UK 2010 "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2009.  "Tristan et Iseult""by Anne Jonas, Editions Milan, France 2009.  "Jane Eyre"" by Charlotte Bronte, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2009.  "Indira Gandhi" by Paola Capriolo, Edizioni El Mondadori Group, Italy 2009.  "Nutcracker" Black Cat Publishing 2009.  "The Age of Innocence" by E. Wharton, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2008. "Leather Shoe Charlie" Yeowon Media, South Korea 2008. "Florica's Winter" Yeowon Media, South Korea 2007.  "Les Cygnes Sauvages" by A. C. Andersen, Gallimard Jeunesse, France 2006.  "Isadora Duncan" by S. Colloredo, Edizioni El Mondadori Group, Italy 2006. "The portrait of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2006; "The Portrait of a lady" by Henry James, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2004; "Stories of suspense" by N. Hawthorne, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2004; "All for a goose" by P. Pace, Arka Editions, Italy 2004; "The eyes of the sea" by A. Nanetti, Einaudi Children, Italy 2004; "The turn of the screw" by Henry James, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2003; "Room with a view" by E. M. Forster, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2003; "The one hundred clocks house" by D. B. Mondaini, Einaudi Children, Italy 2003; "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2003; "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2002; "A tale of two cities" by Charles Dickens, Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2002; "For whom the bell tolls" by E. Hemingway Black Cat Publishing, Italy 2002; "Mockups" by T. Merani, Cideb Publishing, Italy 2000; "When the sunflowers bloom" by L. Tumiati, Edizioni El, Italy 2000;  "Arthur in the sink", by Elena Cerri, Cartacanta, Italy 2000;  "The taming of the shrew" by W. ShaKespeare, PBM Group, Italy 1999; "Good vacations Zoe" by S. Colloredo, Edizioni El Mondadori Group, Italy 1998; "My grand father was a cherry tree" by A. Nanetti, Einaudi Children, Italy 1998; "The secret of the lake" by D. B. Mondaini, Edizioni El Mondadori Group, Italy 1998; "Gold dreams Zoe" by S. Colloredo, Edizioni El Mondadori Group, Italy.

SOME CLIENTS

Folio Society (UK), Duncan Baird Publisher(UK), Scholastic (USA), Gallimard Jeunesse (FR), Editions Milan (FR), Mondadori Ragazzi, Cideb Black Cat Publishing, Yeowon Media (KOREA), Edizioni EL, Einaudi Ragazzi, De Agostini. Madame Figaro magazine (FR), Gala Magazine (FR), Le Monde Journal (FR), Corriere Della Sera, Abitare Magazine, Aspen Institute Italia, Quaderni di Italianieuropei revue, Maimeri, Italcementi, Rex, Groupe Crédit Mutuel Arkéa (FR), EP TOTAL Magazine (FR), ENI, Banque Magazine (FR), ACFCI l’Interconsulaire magazine (FR), Cardif (FR), Banque de France (FR), Insurance Networking News Magazine (USA), LL Bean (USA) , HealthNet (USA), Governing Magazine USA, AFOM French Association of Mobile Operators (FR), Ministere de l'emploi France, La Médicale de France (FR),CNAF Caisses Nationale d'Allocations Familiales (FR), L'AUTRE Revue (FR), Quatrem (FR), Vision France Belgique magazine (FR), INPI magazine (FR), I COMME INFO magazine (FR), Pharma Roche (FR), UTSA Publications (USA), Law School Brigham Young University (USA)