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Anna & Elena Balbusso

In our work there is a clear reference to artists and paintings. The Italian art plays a key role in our work, it is an important source of inspiration but not the only. Every project is different, we do not work in series.There is not a specific art period but art in general, from Ancient Rome mural painting (frescoes at Pompeii), Italian Renaissance, Romanticism (prelude of modern art) Modern Art (symbolism, surrealism, Russian constructivism, Italian Futurism) and Contemporary Art. We use mixed media, traditional methods (acrylic, gouache, pencil, pen) were combined with digital programs, however we do not use the virtual paint brushes instead relying on doing all our brush stroke by hand with black gouache on paper. We work in many fields of communication with different styles: graphic style and painterly style.

  • a_e_balbusso_sorrow_and_such
    a_e_balbusso_sorrow_and_such
    Of Sorrow and Such, Tor Books
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Cover art for Angela Slatter’s Of Sorrow and Such, a dark fantasy novella published by Tor Books. Mistress Gideon is a witch. The locals of Edda's Meadow, if they suspect it of her, say nary a word-Gideon has been good to them, and it's always better to keep on her good side. Just in case. Gideon is captured, bound for torture and a fiery end.
  • balbusso_among_the_thorns
    balbusso_among_the_thorns
    Among the Thorns, Tor Books
    2015 BEST OF SHOW JOSEPH MORGAN HENNINGER AWARD SILA 53rd Illustration West. Selected Society of Illustrators 57 New York Annual Competition 2015. This artwork accompanies the dark fantasy novella “Among the Thorns” by Veronica Schanoes, published on Tor.com, 2014.
  • a_e_balbusso_house_fire
    a_e_balbusso_house_fire
    House on Fire, Reader's Digest Magazine
    2016 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL. Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Our artwork accompanies the true story "House on fire" by Hollye Dexter for Reader's Digest Magazine, November issue 2015. My House Burned Down, and Here’s What It Taught Me: One Mother’s Heart-Pounding True Story.
  • balbusso_burning_girl
    balbusso_burning_girl
    Burning Girl, Tor Books
    This artwork accompanies the dark fantasy novella: "Burning Girls" written by Veronica Schanoes. Our artwork represents a final episode of the story. It is a clear reference to the The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged sixteen to twenty-three; it was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the history of the city of New York. The story tells about a Jewish girl growing up in an increasingly hostile environment in Poland in the late nineteenth century. She is forced to emigrate to the United States in search of work.
  • balbusso_autoimmune
    balbusso_autoimmune
    autoimmune disease, The New Yorker Magazine
    2014 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL The Image accompanies the article written by Meghan O’Rourke “Personal history by Meghan O’Rourke. Living with an autoimmune disease”. “Soon I could no longer write or read: focusing my eyes and my mind was impossible”. We imagined the symptoms of the autoimmune disease as a network of branches within the body.
  • balbusso_modern_love
    balbusso_modern_love
    Modern Love, Middlebury Magazine US
    Image for Middlebury Magazine to accompany “Modern Love” by Leah Fessler, an in depth exploration of the desire for emotional commitment amidst the hook-up culture of college life.
  • balbusso_moral_distress
    balbusso_moral_distress
    Moral distress, Scrubs Magazine
    Image for Scrubs Magazine to accompany “Occupational hazards: Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Moral distress”. The article explores the causes and effects of nursing's most formidable occupational hazards.
  • a_e_balbusso_mischief_midnight
    a_e_balbusso_mischief_midnight
    Mischief at Midnight, cover art, Scholastic US
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016.
  • balbusso_the_kept
    balbusso_the_kept
    The Kept, Middlebury Magazine
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 57 New York Annual Competition 2015. Book review "The Kept" by James Schott. Article "Mother's sins" by Regan Eberhart, Middlebury Magazine 2014
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    balbusso_tatyana
    Tatyana
    2013 GOLD MEDAL SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS NEW YORK- AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE...and other honors Image from the book "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin, The Folio Society 2012
  • a_e_balbusso_richard_II
    a_e_balbusso_richard_II
    Richard II, cover art, Penguin UK
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Cover art for the book “Richard II” by Laura Ashe. Our personal artistic interpretation of the portrait of the Richard II King. The title is part of the "Penguin Monarchs", series of books about Britain’s kings and queens. It is the ambitious new publishing project from Penguin, which will see 45 titles. Each book is written by a contemporary historian.
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    balbusso_pregnant
    Pregnant, “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
    2012 GOLD MEDAL SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS NEW YORK - SILVER MEDAL the 3x3 ProShow Illustration Annual No.9 Award of Excellence in the 2013 Communication Arts Illustration Annual. and other awards.... Image from the illustrated book “The handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, The Folio Society 2012.
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MILANO - NEW YORK U.S. Rep: Shannon Associates New York http://www.shannonassociates.com/artist/balbusso Twins Anna and Elena Balbusso are internationally recognized award winning illustrators team with a unique signature ANNA+ELENA=BALBUSSO who work has been published by major international publishers and companies through out the world on various media types such as book jackets, magazines, newspapers including The New York Times, The New Yorker Magazine, Reader's Digest Magazine, in house corporate, ads. They have illustrated over 40 books (children picture books, classic novels, fiction). Since 2007, they have received a total of 15 AWARDS of EXCELLENCE from Communication Arts Illustration Annual n.48-n.57 (2016). In 2015 they won THE JOSEPH MORGAN HENNINGER AWARD – BEST OF SHOW - SILA IL West 53, the CHESLEY AWARD Best Interior Illustration (ASFA, US), the "ANDERSEN Prize Best Illustrators" (Italy). They have been awarded three consecutive GOLD MEDALS (2011-2012-2013) in the book category of the Society of Illustrators NYC, three SILVER MEDALS (2010-2012-2014) of the 3x3 International Annual Illustration Pro Show. In 2013 They have been named the Winners of the "V & A ILLUSTRATION AWARDS best Book" by The Victorian and Albert Museum (London UK). They have received many other prestigious international awards (please, visit www.balbusso.com). Their artwork has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions and galleries in Italy and abroad. In 2016 Anna and Elena Balbusso have been included among the 18 greatest italian artists in the "Children's illustration: Italian Excellence" travel show organized by the Bologna Children's Book Fair, the Italian Institute of Culture (Madrid and Berlin). In 2015 Balbusso Twins have been included among the 100 greatest artists from around the world in the newly published Illusive Contemporary Illustration Part 4 from German publisher Gestalten. The Balbussos’ work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators NY, Society of Illustrators LA, The AOI UK, Communication Arts Magazine, American Illustration, 3x3 The Magazine Of Contemporary Illustration, Spectrum Fantastic Art Awards, Creative Quarterly, Applied Arts Magazine CA, Lürzers Archive 200 Best Illustrators worldwide, Print European Regional Design, Bologna Children’s Book Fair. They have been members of the Society of Illustrators of New York since 2009 and of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles since 2015. They are represented by Shannon Associates NYC http://www.shannonassociates.com/artist/balbusso

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by Anna & Elena Balbusso on 01/20/2015 in SILA Member Artists

In our work there is a clear reference to artists and paintings. The Italian art plays a key role in our work, it is an important source of inspiration but not the only. Every project is different, we do not work in series.There is not a specific art period but art in general, from Ancient Rome mural painting (frescoes at Pompeii), Italian Renaissance, Romanticism (prelude of modern art) Modern Art (symbolism, surrealism, Russian constructivism, Italian Futurism) and Contemporary Art. We use mixed media, traditional methods (acrylic, gouache, pencil, pen) were combined with digital programs, however we do not use the virtual paint brushes instead relying on doing all our brush stroke by hand with black gouache on paper. We work in many fields of communication with different styles: graphic style and painterly style.

  • a_e_balbusso_sorrow_and_such
    a_e_balbusso_sorrow_and_such
    Of Sorrow and Such, Tor Books
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Cover art for Angela Slatter’s Of Sorrow and Such, a dark fantasy novella published by Tor Books. Mistress Gideon is a witch. The locals of Edda's Meadow, if they suspect it of her, say nary a word-Gideon has been good to them, and it's always better to keep on her good side. Just in case. Gideon is captured, bound for torture and a fiery end.
  • balbusso_among_the_thorns
    balbusso_among_the_thorns
    Among the Thorns, Tor Books
    2015 BEST OF SHOW JOSEPH MORGAN HENNINGER AWARD SILA 53rd Illustration West. Selected Society of Illustrators 57 New York Annual Competition 2015. This artwork accompanies the dark fantasy novella “Among the Thorns” by Veronica Schanoes, published on Tor.com, 2014.
  • a_e_balbusso_house_fire
    a_e_balbusso_house_fire
    House on Fire, Reader's Digest Magazine
    2016 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL. Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Our artwork accompanies the true story "House on fire" by Hollye Dexter for Reader's Digest Magazine, November issue 2015. My House Burned Down, and Here’s What It Taught Me: One Mother’s Heart-Pounding True Story.
  • balbusso_burning_girl
    balbusso_burning_girl
    Burning Girl, Tor Books
    This artwork accompanies the dark fantasy novella: "Burning Girls" written by Veronica Schanoes. Our artwork represents a final episode of the story. It is a clear reference to the The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged sixteen to twenty-three; it was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the history of the city of New York. The story tells about a Jewish girl growing up in an increasingly hostile environment in Poland in the late nineteenth century. She is forced to emigrate to the United States in search of work.
  • balbusso_autoimmune
    balbusso_autoimmune
    autoimmune disease, The New Yorker Magazine
    2014 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL The Image accompanies the article written by Meghan O’Rourke “Personal history by Meghan O’Rourke. Living with an autoimmune disease”. “Soon I could no longer write or read: focusing my eyes and my mind was impossible”. We imagined the symptoms of the autoimmune disease as a network of branches within the body.
  • balbusso_modern_love
    balbusso_modern_love
    Modern Love, Middlebury Magazine US
    Image for Middlebury Magazine to accompany “Modern Love” by Leah Fessler, an in depth exploration of the desire for emotional commitment amidst the hook-up culture of college life.
  • balbusso_moral_distress
    balbusso_moral_distress
    Moral distress, Scrubs Magazine
    Image for Scrubs Magazine to accompany “Occupational hazards: Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Moral distress”. The article explores the causes and effects of nursing's most formidable occupational hazards.
  • a_e_balbusso_mischief_midnight
    a_e_balbusso_mischief_midnight
    Mischief at Midnight, cover art, Scholastic US
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016.
  • balbusso_the_kept
    balbusso_the_kept
    The Kept, Middlebury Magazine
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 57 New York Annual Competition 2015. Book review "The Kept" by James Schott. Article "Mother's sins" by Regan Eberhart, Middlebury Magazine 2014
  • balbusso_tatyana
    balbusso_tatyana
    Tatyana
    2013 GOLD MEDAL SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS NEW YORK- AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE...and other honors Image from the book "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin, The Folio Society 2012
  • a_e_balbusso_richard_II
    a_e_balbusso_richard_II
    Richard II, cover art, Penguin UK
    Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Cover art for the book “Richard II” by Laura Ashe. Our personal artistic interpretation of the portrait of the Richard II King. The title is part of the "Penguin Monarchs", series of books about Britain’s kings and queens. It is the ambitious new publishing project from Penguin, which will see 45 titles. Each book is written by a contemporary historian.
  • balbusso_pregnant
    balbusso_pregnant
    Pregnant, “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
    2012 GOLD MEDAL SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS NEW YORK - SILVER MEDAL the 3x3 ProShow Illustration Annual No.9 Award of Excellence in the 2013 Communication Arts Illustration Annual. and other awards.... Image from the illustrated book “The handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, The Folio Society 2012.
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