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Upcoming event April 16- July 12, 2025
The Art of Folio exhibit at The Society of Illustrators New York
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Very proud to be part (with our artworks) of The Art of Folio! The Folio Society’s first-ever major exhibition, celebrating nearly 80 years of exceptional book art.
This landmark show features over 90 artists, and celebrates the wonders of book illustration in all its diversity of form & genre.
The Art of Folio 2025
We illustrated 10 books for The Folio Society! In this special show you can see our pieces from The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and The Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!
The Handmaid's Tale
Pride and Prejudice
Jella Lepman's Exhibit - 39th Congress of IBBY 2024
In Trieste the exhibition on Jella Lepman “Fateci cominciare dai bambini. I libri come ponti” on the occasion of the 39th Congress of IBBY - International Board on Books for Young People. The exhibition, dedicated to the life of journalist and writer Jella Lepman founder of Ibby, was opened on August 28, 2024 in Trieste in the Umberto Veruda Hall (Piazza Piccola 2). We are very happy to have been invited to participate with our exclusive artwork inspired by an episode in the life of Jella Lepman. The exhibition, curated by Silvana Sola, David Tolin and Paola Vassalli, showcases the works of 20 Italian and foreign artists, in addition to us (Balbusso Twins), Beatrice Alemagna, Cinzia Ghigliano, Luogo Comune, Linda Bondestam, Maria Giron, Page Tsou, Issa Watanabe, Ajubel. The exhibition will remain open until Sunday, September 8 2024.
Ibby official poster
The Letter
Tolerance Project
Tolerance Poster show
We created this poster "Maternity - Tolleranza" for the Tolerance Project, a traveling poster show curated by Mirko Ilic Corp. NYC USA. 167 Poster shows since 2017. The Story: Mirko Ilić was inspired to launch the Tolerance Project following the “House of Tolerance” film festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2017. He asked 28 artists to create a poster about tolerance, the only requirement being that they write “tolerance” in their native language. After a successful 10-day show in Ljubljana, Mirko decided to tour the posters globally. Now, whenever Tolerance Project appears in a new city, local designers contribute to the show’s ever-expanding catalogue of artworks.
Maternity - Tolleranza poster
Tolerance Poster Show 2021-2024
Tolerance Poster Show in Japan, September 2023. NEW ENERGY TOKYO Creation Festival at the Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Plaza. 120 posters were displayed next to the entrance reception desk.
Below: Tolerance Poster Show - designforum Wien at Museumsplatz in Vienna
Exhibitions 1997-2025
2025 The Art of Folio, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2025 Au coeur de la forêt Exposition, Bibliothèque de Reims, France 2025
2025 Jella Lepman, curated by IBBY, The Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025 Bologna IT
2025 Jackets Off! The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, curated by BolognaBookPlus, The Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025 Bologna IT
2025 Illustrators 67 Part two, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2024 FRAMEWORKS: The Art of Building, The 2024 Society of Illustrators Members’ Open exhibition, New York USA
2024 Jella Lepman - 9th Congress of IBBY - Umberto Veruda Hall Trieste IT
2024 Illustrators 66, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2023 Illustrators 65, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2022 Illustrators 64, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2021-25 Tolerance Poster show, international traveling poster show curated by Mirko Ilic, Tolerance project US
2021 Illustrators 63, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2020 Illustrators 62, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2019 The AOI WIA World Illustration Awards Exhibition, Somerset House’s London, UK
2019 ILLUSTRI - Illustri Festival 2019, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza 18 May - 23 June, IT
2019 The Annual Exhibition Illustration West 57, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Gallery, CA US
2019 Illustrators 61, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York US
2018 The AOI WIA World Illustration Awards Exhibition, Somerset House’s London, UK
2018 The Art of Illustration curated by Liza Wynette, Giertz gallery, Parkland college USA
2018 Exhibition: Illustration: Women Making A Mark, University of Indianapolis - Arts at Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Indianapolis US
2018 Illustrators 60 Exhibit Part One, Museum of American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators, New York US
2017 The Artful Book, 70 years of The Folio Society, Victorian And Albert Museum, London UK
2017 Mostra Internazionale di Illustrazione per l’Infanzia: Le immagini della fantasia 35, Fondazione Štĕpán Zavřel, Casa della fantasia di Sàrmede, Monza e other cities, IT
2017 The Artful Book, 70 years of The Folio Society, Victorian And Albert Museum UK
2017 The AOI World Illustration Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, Travel show London UK
2017 Book Illustration Competition Exhibition, House of Illustrations, UK
2017 Milioni di passi, mostra per Medici senza frontiere curata da Illustri Festival, Spazio Base, Milano, Illustrators Biennial, Vicenza, IT
2017 Illustrators 59, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York US
2017 Illustration West 55, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Gallery, CA US
2016 “Normali meraviglie: la mano” mostra curated by Alessandro Guerriero and Alessandra Zucchi, Triennale Milano, IT
2016 "Drawn to the Music: 27th Members Open”, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, New York, USA
2016 "99 Illustratori Italiani, Torino Graphic Days, Toolbox IT
2016 The AOI World Illustration Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, travel show, UK
2016 Point Of Vision: Celebrating Women Artists in Fantasy and Science Fiction, Museum of American Illustration, New York USA
2016 W. Women in Italian design - 21sr International Expo, Milano Triennale Design Museum, IT
2016 "ilustración infantil y juvenil: excelencias italianas" travel show, International Children's Book Fair Bologna, Istituto Italiano di Cultura , IIC Madrid, IIC Berlin, Madrid, Sofia e altre città.
2016 Illustrators 58, Museum of American Illustration Society of Illustrators NY US
2015 Illustration West 53, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Gallery, CA US
2015 Illustrators 57, Museum of American Illustration Society of Illustrators NY US
2014 Spectrum, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrator, NYC
2014 "Childhood and dance" exhibition, Bologna Children's Book Fair Book, Italy
2014 Illustrators 56, Museum of American Illustration Society of Illustrators NY US
2013 “Woman” Exhibition, Hall of Columns, Edison Cinema, Parma, Association Tapirulan and LILT Italy
2013 The AOI Illustration Awards exhibition, Somerset House, London UK
2013 V&A Illustration Awards, Victorian And Albert Museum, London UK
2013 "Illustration: at Your Service!” University’s Adams Gallery, Boston US
2013 Illustrators 55 Travelling Show, Society Of Illustrators NYC, mostra itinerante negli USA
2013 Illustrators 55, Museum of American Illustration Society Of Illustrators NY US
2012 Illustrators 54, Museum of American Illustration Society Of Illustrators NY US
2012 Applied Arts Winners, Toronto, Canada
2011 Illustrators 53, Travelling Show, Society Of Illustrators NY US
2011 Mostra Internazionale di Illustrazione per l’Infanzia: Le immagini della fantasia 29, Fondazione Štĕpán Zavřel, Palazzo Municipale di Sàrmede IT
2011 Illustrators 53, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators New York, USA
2010 Applied Arts Winners, Artscape's Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada
2010 Illustrators 52, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators NY US
2009 "Grand Opening" The 4th Wall Gallery, Dallas, TX U.S.
2009 1ST CJ Picture Book Festival 2009, Seoul, Republic Of Korea
2009 Illustrators 51, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators NY US
2007 "Pippi nelle Figure" by Giannino Stoppani Cultural Co-operative, Comune di Bologna, Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna
2006 "Illustrissimi" exhibition, Villa Franceschi Contemporary Art and Modern art Gallery, Riccione, Italy
2005 “Bologna Illustrator’s Exhibition in Japan”, Tokio, Itabashi Art Museum - Hyogo, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City - Ishikawa, Ishikawa nanao Art Museum - Aichi, Kawara Museum of Takahama City, A Hometown of Ceramics, Japan
2005 "60 testimonianze partigiane" Museo Cervi, Gattatico, Istituto Cervi, ANPI, Comune di Reggio Emilia, Zoo Libri IT
2005 Mostra Illustratori Fiction, International Children's Book Fair Bologna 2005 IT
2005 “Sirenette di carta e soldatini di inchiostro”, gli illustratori italiani per i 200 anni di H.C. Andersen, rivista Andersen, Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali della Provincia di Roma, Docet, Fiera di Bologna
2005 "“L’Altra metà di Pinocchio: un burattino e le sue illustratrici", Casina Pompeiana - Villa Comunale di Napoli IT
2003 "Per un manifesto degli scrittori del segno", Palazzo Sormani - Biblioteca Centrale, Milano IT
2003 "Fantasia 2003 - Pagine di sport", International Children's Illustrators Exhibition, Stadio della Vittoria di Bari, Comune di Bari
2003 "L'una & un quarto, luna sogni e illustrazioni", Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Strasburgo, Provincia di Genova, Bibliotheque Departementale du Bas-rhin, Association le " Maettle " les Arts au Vert, la Clairière Stosswihr, la Bouquinette, Centre Régional de Documentation Pédagogique d'Alsace, Strasbourg
2003 "Color legno burattino. Nuove figure per Pinocchio", Docet Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi 2003, Bologna IT
2003 "Poster Unico. Manifesti immaginari per grandi film inesistenti", Cineteca di Bologna, Comune di Bologna, IT
2003 "100 San Valentini d'autore" curated by Luca Novelli, Teatro Franco Parenti, Milano IT
2002 "L’altra metà di Pinocchio", Centro Sistema Bibliotecario, Provincia di Genova, Palazzo San Giorgio, Genova, IT
2002 "Brucio nel Vento", Spazio Cinema Anteo, Milano, IT
2001-2002 “Le stelle nascoste”, Assessorato alla Cultura Regione Piemonte, Città di Torino, L’Osservatorio Dell’Immaginario, Ente Teatrale Italiano, IT
2001 Illustrazioni del libro di Angela Nanetti “Mio nonno era un Ciliegio”, Einaudi Ragazzi, Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany
2001 “BIB ’01” 18° Biennale Illustratori di Bratislava,Bibiana International House of Arts for Children, Ministero della Cultura della Repubblica Slovacca
2001 “L’una & un quarto, luna sogni e illustrazioni”, Travel show, Centro Sistema Bibliotecario, Provincia di Genova, Assessorato al Patrimonio Culturale dell’Entroterra e del Mare, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova. Biblioteca Comunale di Imola (GE). Biblioteca Ca’ Vecchia, Comune di Lugo (GE) IT
2001 “Mediterranea: gli illustratori raccontano il mare”, Acquario Civico, Comune di Milano, Settore Cultura e Musei, Milano IT
2000 "La città invisibile", Biblioteca Comunale “Passerini Landi”, ASM Piacenza e Comune di Piacenza, Piacenza IT
2000 “Punti di fuga”, Openspace, Comune di Milano, Settore Giovani, Milano,, IT
2000 “Poster unico”, Spazio Cinema Anteo, Milano, IT
2000 “Megacities - Le città del futuro”, Salonicco, Greece
2000 “BWI 2000” Bratislava World Illustrations 2000, Hiroko Mori & Stasys Museum, Tokio, Japan
2000 “Matite Italiane”, Fiera Internazionale del Libro per Ragazzi, Bologna 2000
2000 “Le città del futuro e il futuro delle città”, Galleria L’Affiche, Milano
1999 "Fantasia '99. Il mare”, Comune di Bari, IT
1999 “BIB ’99" 17° Biennale Illustratori di Bratislava, Bibiana International House of Arts for Children, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Republic
1999 “Personaggi in cerca d’Autore”, Galleria l’Affiche, Milano, IT
1998 “Sulle ali delle farfalle”, Bordano (Udine), IT
1998 “Iconosfera ‘98”, mostra mercato “Un libro in tasca”, Ente Fiera del Castello di Belgioiso, Belgioiso (Pavia), IT
1998 “Alla faccia, 1998 !”, Galleria l’Affiche, Milano, IT
1998 "III Semana de la cultura italiana en CubaLa Habana Cienfuegos", Ministero della Cultura della Repubblica Cubana, Ambasciata Italiana a Cuba, Ministero Relazioni Esterne d'Italia, Palazzo del 2° Cabo, Havana, Cuba
1997 “Giufà Tante Storie. I viaggi delle mille e una notte”, Biblioteca Civica, Enna, IT
1997 “Edit Expo”, mostra mercato del libro, Fiera di Vicenza, IT
1997 “L’Hanno disegnato”, Galleria l’Affiche, Milano, IT
1997 “Illustrazione contemporanea ungherese e italiana”, Galleria Vigadò, Budapest, Hungary
Children Illustration: Italian Excellences exhibition
Children's Book Fair Bologna 2016
CONTACT
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To propose new projects, request quotes or use of our images, please contact us via email.
©2023-2024 Anna and Elena Balbusso. All rights reserved.
All ©Balbusso twins images and content are copyrighted. No Machine Learning, AI. You may not use our ©images, our name (as authors), and content of this website (including any caption information, keywords or other metadata associated with content) for any machine learning and/or artificial intelligence purposes.The artworks above cannot be used for commercial purposes by any third parties without explicit permission from the copyright holder ©Anna and Elena Balbusso Twins. Violation of this right means an infringement of copyright law and is indictable.