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Platinum Award Graphis Design 2025 Epson Calendar Spectacular 2024
August Epson Calendar Spectacular 2024
3x3 Merit Award and Honorable Mention Annual 21
PLATINUM Award Margaret Atwood cover arts Corriere Della Sera
American Illustration 43 SELECTED WINNER Margaret Atwood cover arts series for Corriere Della Sera
Covers illustrated by Balbusso Twins
Cover art for Circus of Mirrors by Julie Owen Moyl Penguin Random House UK
Cover Art by Balbusso Twins for Disney Books USA
Cover art These Deathless Shores by Phoebe Low Orbit Books (Hachette Group) USA
Mary I: Queen of Sorrows Historical Fiction Mary I: Queen of Sorrows by Alison Weir, HB Headline UK
Epson calendar 2024 Spectacuar Harmonious June - Gold Medal SI 66
Epson Calendar 2024 Spectacular (cover)
GOLD MEDAL Society of Illustrators 2024 Epson Calendar 2024 Sport Series, Institutional category
CA's Award f Excellence Casanova The New Yorker Magazine
The New Yorker Magazine Priscilla Presley
Epson Calendar 2024 Vernissage Milan November 6 2023
Epson Calendar 2024 Vernissage Milan November 6 2023
3x3 Best of Show Annual 20 Margaret Atwood covers Corriere Della Sera
Balbusso Twins featured Graphis Journal 377 Graphis Inc.
Graphis Platinum Award Graphis Design Annual 2024
The Great Gatsby Book Beehive Books USA
Sisters in Science children picture book New Italian and French editions

The 2024 Society of Illustrators Members’ Open exhibition

The show titled FRAMEWORKS: The Art of Building will celebrate architecture, buildings, structures, and landmarks. We created two new works with our pictorial and graphic style: Empire symphony and Spectacular Chrysler, size 15,7 x 19, 7 inch. Very excited to be a part of this 2024 Members’ Open exhibit with a group of wonderful artists! Thank you so much to @soi128 @lcgdesign

At Last She Stood HarperCollins USA

At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly. Illustration Credit: @balbusso_twins Design Credit: Sylvie Le Floc’h. Thank you so much @GreenwillowBook @HarperChildrensThank you so much to John Schu @MrSchuReads Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author:
"Anna and Elena Balbusso’s illustration and Sylvie Le Floc’h’s cover design for At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom absolutely blew me away. It encapsulates every element of Joey’s story, down to the slightest detail. I’m constantly in awe of artists and designers. They think of things that would never occur to me and are able to tell so much through a single design or piece of art. It’s a true talent." By Schu @MrSchuReads Blog
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PLATINUM and GOLD Graphis 2025

Very proud and grateful! Our Illustration series Epson Calendar Spectacular just won the PLATINUM AWARD and our covers illustration series Margaret Atwood's masterpieces for Corriere Della Sera just won the GOLD AWARD in the Graphis Design 2025 competition, placing us among the world's elite designers as recognized by the esteemed jury. Thank you so much to the esteemed jury @graphis_inc.

3x3 Awards Annual 21

Merit Award and Honorable Mention! Very proud, several images have been selected to be published in the 3x3 International Illustration Illustration Annual No.21 and the Online Gallery. Thank you so much to the Jury @chively47 @3x3mag Special thanks to the art directors for these amazing projects.

WIA 2024 Shortlisted Artists

Very proud! Our cover arts series for the Margaret Atwood's masterpieces collection published by Corriere Della Sera has been Shortlisted for The World Illustration Awards 2024 Book Covers category! The 200 shortlist have been selected from nearly 5,500 entries from 84 countries following a rigorous and competitive judging process.

Fast October!

For the Epson Calendar 2024, we wanted to create a visual narrative with a human focus and with a strong perceptive and emotional impact, enhancing the expressive power of colour. Our work combines two core elements, graphic design and painting, with a clear reference to art history. The idea for the narrative path from dance to sport came from the famous sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by futurist artist Umberto Boccioni, it represents speed and dynamism. We created compositions in which geometries, patterns, circles and lines interact with the human body in motion, creating 'abstract spaces' that stimulate vision. Thank You so much to Epson Italia

GOLD Medal SI 66 NYC

We are very happy and proud to announce you that we have won the GOLD medal by The Society of Illustrators New York, Illustrators 66 Annual Competition, institutional Category, for the "Sport" artworks series created for the 2024 Epson Calendar. Thank you so much to the SI66 jury and our special thanks to Epson and Gianluca Folì, Art Director, for this fantastic project.

Graphis Blog

Step into the Gatsby-esque splendor crafted by us whose illustrious images in Beehive Books' luxury edition of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald shimmer with glamour and avant-garde flair. Uncover our narrative behind each stroke on https://blog.graphis.com Thank you so much! we are very proud and grateful to Graphis and Beehive Books. They are all Platinum-winning image! Find the deluxe edition here

Sisters in Science new editions

Sisters in Science children picture book: for all our fans in Italy and France, another dream comes true! we share with you two new Italian and French editions after the first edition of the Penguin Random House USA! Thank you so much to EDT Edizioni (Italy) and to Editions Circonflexe (France). First edition Penguin Random House USA

AI43 SELECTED WINNER
MARGARET ATWOOD COVER ARTS

Our Margaret Atwood cover artworks (book series) have been SELECTED to appear in the American Illustration 43 Annual Award Book. Great honor to be included in the book! Many thanks to the AI43 judges and Mark Heflin. In 2023 we created twenty-one covers artworks for the Margaret Atwood's masterpieces published by Corriere Della Sera. We are very grateful to Margaret Atwood @therealmargaretatwood @corriere @xxystudio. From over 8,000 entries, the AI43 Jury selected only 356 images by a majority vote or better to appear in the book and online galleries representing the best pictures from 2023.

Platinum Winner Graphis Design

We just got the news that The Great Gatsby Illustration Series are a Platinum Winner in the Graphis Design Award 2024! Thank you so much to the esteemed Jury @graphis_inc and B. Martin Pedersen. We created the design of the slipcase, the cover art and the interior illustrations for the luxury edition of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald published by Beehive Books and part of the Illuminated Editions 2022.

3x3 Best of Show Annual 20

A great emotion to be BEST of SHOW in the prestigious competition 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.20 for the cover images for Margaret Atwood’s masterpieces book collection published by Corriere Della Sera, the first Italian national newspaper. Thank you so much to all 3x3 jury, Charles Hively Margaret Atwood, Il Corriere Della Sera and XXY Studio. Find More here.

Featured Graphis Journal 377

Do you know Balbusso Twins Artist Duo? If you want to get to know us, if you already know us but want to know the history of our career, if you want to know how we work, you can read our story inside the acclaimed Graphis Journal #377. A quarterly print and digital magazine we hope inspires your creativity! Here’s a snippet of our QA on Graphis

Latest Projects

You can see all our image galleries by categories in our PORTFOLIO

New cover art These Deathless Shores

Very excited about this new cover art created for the adult fantasy fiction These Deathless Shores by Phoebe Low Orbit Books (Hachette Group) USA. Paperback expected publication July 9, 2024. About the Story: Gorgeous and devastating, P. H. Low’s debut fantasy is a richly reimagined tale of Captain Hook’s origin, a story of cruelty, magic, lost innocence, and the indelible power of stories. Please visit our cover artworks gallery

New cover art for Disney books!

Very proud, a great honor to have illustrated the Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood by Robert Beatty cover book published by Disney Hyperion Books, issue October 2024. A big thank you to Phil and Robert Beatty for this amazing project! About the Story: A hurricane changes the course of a river and the life of a lonely girl in this nature-based mystery-adventure by the New York Times best-selling author of the Serafina series and the Willa series. Children's Middle Grade Mystery Action & Adventure. Award: 2024 3x3 Merit Award Annual 21

New cover art Circus of Mirrors

We created the cover art for Circus of Mirrors by Julie, Penguin Random House UK. BERLIN, 1926: After the death of their parents, sisters Leni and Annette only have each other. Dreaming of better days, but desperate, Leni finds work at a notorious cabaret: the Babylon Circus. Publication date: 12/09/2024 Please visit our cover artworks gallery

New Cover Art Mary I Queen portrait

New cover artwork for Historical Fiction Mary I: Queen of Sorrows by Alison Weir, HB Headline UK 2024. We combine traditional painting and tools (acrylic, pen, pencil) with digital media.The decorations are all designed by us. We chose not to use virtual paintbrushes, and instead do all our paintings by hand. Please visit our Portrait Gallery

AI Intelligence everywhere

New opening Illustration for Trust Magazine 48 Baillie Gifford & Co investment management firm. Why AI could be the printing press of intelligence. Gutenberg’s printing press unlocked immense value by making it easy to disseminate human knowledge, causing a cascade of beneficial second and third-order effects. AI could be the modern equivalent for intelligence, increasing our understanding and capabilities to a degree and scale that are hard to fathom. Please visit our PORTFOLIO GALLERY

The AI Will See You Now

New Illustrations by @balbusso_twins for Northwestern magazine winter 2024. The AI Will See You Now
Artificial intelligence can help improve the lives of millions of patients. by Clare Milliken. Less Tress During Pregnancy. Prenatal stress can lead to perinatal depression, preterm birth and low birth weight, among other complications. Thank you so much for this beautiful project @northwesternu. Find out more: Latest Graphic Projects Gallery

Epson Calendar Spectacular!

The Epson Calendar 2024 is entitled Spectacular and bears the Balbusso Twins signature! Spectacular month by month: a journey to the rhythm of dance and sport, between colors and geometries. Thanks you so much to Severino Colombo for the article on Corriere della Sera, the first Italian national newspaper!

Award: 2024 Platinum Award Graphis Design 2025
Award: 2024 3x3 Marit Award Annual 2021
Award: 2023 GOLD MEDAL ILL 66 Society of Illustrators NYC
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The New Yorker Magazine Priscilla

On the occasion of the release of the “Priscilla” film we created our Priscilla Presley art for The New Yorker magazine. Article "It’s no knock to call Sofia Coppola’s bio-pic, starring Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley, superficial, because surfaces are Coppola’s subject" By Anthony Lane November 3, 2023 www.newyorker.com

Margaret Atwood’s masterpieces

We created the cover images of Margaret Atwood’s masterpieces for the exclusive series of 21 novels, essays, short stories and poems that the Corriere della Sera publisher in collaboration with the publisher Ponte alle Grazie has published in 2023. The volumes were on sale with the Corriere Della Sera, the first Italian newspaper, with weekly releases.

Award: 2023 3x3 Best of Show Professional Annual 20

Award: 2024 WIA Shortilisted Artist
Award: 2024 Gold Award Graphis Design 2025
Award: 2024 American Illustration 43 SELECTED Winner
Award: 2024 3x3 Honorable Mention Annual 21

U Magazine

Cover, opening and interior page illustrations for the University of Utah, U Magazine Summer 2023. Taking on Student Mental Health. As young adults grapple with emotional well-being, resources at the U and beyond are providing a crucial lifeline. BY BENJAMIN GLEISSER

Public Health magazine

Cover and opening illustrations for the Public Health magazine Spring/Summer 2023 of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School. Revolutionary War. A Constellation of Storms. The Threat of Infectious Diseases by Arturo Casadevall Infectious microbes constantly emerge and constantly mutate. To survive, we need extraordinary science and scientists.

1843 The Economist

Illos series for the online magazine of 1843 The Economist. Article: The loneliness of the long-distance abortion-seeker. Driving hundreds of miles for a termination exacts an emotional toll By Charlie McCann. Please visit our PORTFOLIO Gallery

Award: 2023 3x3 Merit Winner Professional Annual 20

New 2024 korean edition of "Sisters In Science" picture book!

Thank you so much to Kidari Publishing Co. Republic of Korea. 마리 퀴리, 대단한 과학자도 도움이 필요해
안나 발부소 (Anna Balbusso) 엘레나 발부소 (Elena Balbusso)
Children picture book "Sisters in Science. Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska and the atomic power of Sisterhood", written by Linda Elovitz Marshall, It is a compelling biography of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two trailblazing women who worked together and made a legendary impact on chemistry and health care as we know it. Awards:

2023 Merit Award 3x3 Annual Show No. 20
2023 CA's Award of Excellence Illustration Annual 64
2023 accepted into the Original Art show 43rd Society of Illustrators

First edition Penguin Random House 2023 USA. French edition Editions Circonflexe: Marie Curie et Bronia Dluska - Le pacte des deux soeurs. Italian edition EDT Giralangolo Edizioni : Sorelle scienziate. Republic of Korea Kidari Publishing Co. 2024.

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