Ivan Cattaneo (born 18 March 1953 in Bergamo, Italy) is an Italian artist, singer and songwriter.

At 12, he took part in Zecchino d'Oro, a musical competition for children, followed by Ariccia's "Festival degli sconosciuti" at 15.

Also a follower of the punk movement, he created the young character Anna Oxa during the 1978 Sanremo Music Festival.

This work appeared in his 1981 album 2060 Italian Graffiati with songs like "Nessuno mi può giudicare" and "Una zebra a pois".

In this period, he opened the discothèque "Bandiera Gialla" (meaning the Yellow Flag) in Rimini in partnership with Caterina Caselli and Red Ronnie.

After six years with no musical releases, Cattaneo came back in 1992 with the album Il cuore è nudo...e i pesci cantano introducing New Age influences after having met the Indian guru Osho.

In 1999, he acted in an avant-garde Italian-Polish cult film KK Kairos & Kronos about 1980s singers directed by Dario Maria Gulli, with players like Johnson Righeira, and Alessandra Di Sanzo.

On 13 March 2010, Ivan Cattaneo returned with his band "LiveMe" to perform at Duomo piazza in Milan, as a special guest of the event with Alberto Camerini.

It was dedicated to a revival of 1980s music, including "Figli delle stelle" (Alan Sorrenti), "Ci stiamo sbagliando" (Luca Carboni), "Kobra" (Donatella Rettore), "Tomorrow" (Amanda Lear), "Tenax" (Diana Est), "I maschi" (Gianna Nannini) and "Amore disperato" (Nada) in addition to celebrated cover of "Una zebra a pois" (Mina), "Un ragazzo di strada" (I Corvi) and "Il geghegè" (Rita Pavone) plus a new recording of "Polisex".

In 2011, Warner Music Italy, in its popular series Original Album Series re-released a collection of 5 albums Ivan Cattaneo had done with Compagnia Generale del Disco (CGD) in a 5-CD box set (Urlo, 2060 Italian Graffiati, Ivan il terribile, Bandiera gialla and Vietato ai minori) Cattaneo will be publishing a book, a collection of his aphorisms and slogans, and a finalisation of his multimedia project bringing together various artistic forms such as painting, music, videos and poetry.