Ivan Ave is an MC based in Oslo, Norway signed to the Berlin, Germany label Jakarta Records. He frequently collaborates with producers Fredfades and Mndsgn, both of whom he has released several projects with.

Ivan is also a member of the Oslo-based artist collective Mutual Intentions, a crew unified by its members' mutual intentions to succeed in the worlds of music and visual arts. Other Mutual Intentions members include Fredfades, Yogisoul, Dirty Hans, Charlotte Dos Santos, and a host of other Norwegian creatives.