2. LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT
LIGHTHOUSE is a use of recycled
materials to create and recreate
house decorative lights, like:
•Side lamps
•Beside lamps
•Table lamps and etc
Lighthouse is a brain child of Zinhle
Nkosi, a female artist from
Kliptown in Soweto; upon realizing
the opportunity of creating lights
from waste after designing her 1st
bedside lights made out of a paint
tin.
The use of unconventional
materials, unexpected shapes and
designs all contributes in the way
how people decorates their
individuals and intimate spaces to
make them more individualistic,
artistic and unique.
LIGHTHOSE
‘…let there be light…’
1st side lamp, Zinhle made out of a 5litre paint tin.
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3. EXHIBITION OF 50 LIGHTS FROM
WASTE
2015@Becomo Art Centre
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12. _Artist Profile
Zinhle Nkosi was born on the 16th of May in Kliptown, Soweto. Where she studied art and
later on ran workshops under different art centres (like Becomo Art Centre in
Kliptown) with different art groups.
She is a multi-talented artist who expresses all her life’s opinion through her works
of art; she is a visual artist, a crafter, a performer and a photographer.
She exhibited her different works, in different places with different artists,
including her last solo exhibition titled Lighthouse, exhibited in 2015 May.
She believes in learning everyday. As its been said ‘Until you are at the depth of
the bowl, that’s when you can say you’ve eaten'.
Her last course on ceramics and pottery in 2015 taught by the great Madoda Fani had
challenged her in sharing her skills with the younger artists from Tsakane,
Ekurhuleni.
Currently her focus is on: sharing with the children of Tsakane her visual art
skills (photography and ceramics), and the growth of her Lighthouse company.
Zinhle Nkosi
Founder and curator of Lighthouse Project
lighthouse.zinhle@gmail.com 12LIghthouse
