Anna & Elena Balbusso Twins

Anna and Elena Balbusso, also known as the Balbusso Twins, are an award-winning artist duo living in Milan. Their work has been published by major international publishers and companies through out the world. Together they have illustrated over 50 books including 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, Reader’s Digest, and Corriere Della Sera. Their artwork has been exhibited internationally The Norman Rockwell Museum has included Balbusso Twins among the illustrators of The Decade 2010 -2020. 
They received more than 100 international awards, including a Platinum Design Award 2024 (2023) and a Silver Award from Graphis Inc., a Best of Show (2023) and Gold and Silver Awards from 3×3 Magazine, several Gold and Silver medals and the Stevan Dohanos Award of the New York Society of Illustrators (SI), two Joseph Morgan Henninger Awards (best of show) and a Silver Award of the SILA Los Angeles; The Chelsey Award by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA), the Victoria and Albert Museum Illustration Awards Best Book UK. 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 New York. You can follow them @balbusso_twins

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