Hawaiʻi Public Radio: Meet the Artist Using Wildfire Charcoal to Make Murals That Return to the Earth

Hawaiʻi Public Radio’s Kevin Allen speaks with artist Jana Ireijo about her Vanishing Murals practice and her participation in the Hawaiʻi Climate Action Artist Residency.

The conversation explores how Ireijo uses wildfire charcoal, earth pigments, and water to create site-responsive works that are intentionally temporary, as well as her approach to art, impermanence, and our relationship with the natural environment.

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2026-09-30/meet-the-artist-using-wildfire-charcoal-to-make-murals-that-return-to-the-earth