New York City-born jewelry artist Kenny Hwang has built a career creating pieces that are as expressive as they are unconventional.

With roots firmly planted in the world of fashion, his early work included collaborations with some of the industry's most influential names—including

Donna Karan, Givenchy under Alexander McQueen, Halston, Betsey Johnson, and Mary McFadden. His work has consistently challenged

the boundaries between jewelry, sculpture, and personal expression. More recently, his creative journey has led to an ongoing collaboration

with Major League Baseball, where, since 2019, he has created the coveted Home Run Derby Chain,

an annual championship piece that has become part of the event's identity and tradition.

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Hwang’s signature collections have been carried by Barneys New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus, and have appeared on

the covers and in the pages of Vogue, Elle, W, and Harper’s Bazaar. Today, Hwang works exclusively by appointment,

devoting his time to personal collections and select collaborations with people who share his values, sensibilities, and appreciation for meaningful work. Among them, Cracked But Not Broken reflects perhaps his most personal expression. Incorporating his signature

recycled glass, the collection explores the tension between fragility and strength, imperfection and beauty, the raw and the refined.

Its character is unmistakably New York—shaped as much by the city’s contradictions as by Hwang’s own experiences growing up and living within them.

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For Hwang, making jewelry has never been simply a profession. It has been a lifeline. He openly credits jewelry with “saving my life,” offering him a means of expression, a sense of purpose, and a way to forge genuine connections with others. His creations are inseparable from the experiences that have shaped him, carrying traces of struggle, resilience, and the instinct to find beauty in unexpected places. He continues to create not simply to make something beautiful, but to make something that matters—something that carries a part of his own story while becoming part of someone else's.