Picture by Maija Astikainen

Picture by Maija Astikainen

 

Roza Coco Ninja aka Roza Ahmad is a versatile performer & artist, who is acknowledged as of being The Scandinavian Mother of the international Iconic House of Ninja.

Roza Ahmad is the Founder of Elements Ball and Elements Radio which is a monthly Ballroom radio program in Ida radio Helsinki. She been organizing balls and Ballroom related events since 2014. She has been walking Balls since 2011 and have multiple Grand Prizes from around the world in categories such as Old Way, Best Dressed, Fashion Killa, Performance OTA, All American Runway etc.

In 2023 Roza had her exhibition “Your Body Changes Everything” at the Finnish Museum of Photography, curated by Orlan Ohtonen. She also was part of the “Deep in Vogue” Exhibition in Kunsthal, Rotterdam in 2021 which was curated by David Snels.

In 2020 Roza had her exhibition called Elements of Vogue - The European Ballroom Scene 2017-2020 at Cultural Centre Caisa, co-organized with URB Festival.

Her illustrations has been published in covers of Astra Magazine 01/2023, Nylon Germany Online issue 04/2023, C/O Berlin magazine in the release of July 2018 and in Zero.eu (ITA) online issue in 2018. Roza’s illustrations have also been exhibited in various major events such as the Move.unltd event in 2019 and in Berlin’s ’So Extra Ball – Bread and Butter' - festival in 2018. Last August in 2019, Roza had a personal exhibition in Flow festival’s sensational Pink Space project, which was curated by Taika Mannila & Fanni Suvila.

Roza Ahmad has documented the European Ballroom-community since 2016, being one of the first photographers in the scene who is also an active member of the community.