Marlaina Deppe founded Novo Arts in 1975 as an outgrowth of her career as an artist, curator, and art historian. Under her direction, Novo Arts has evolved with the mission of creating and producing exceptional custom art in an infinite range of mediums.

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Novo Arts procured fine art for clients building collections of established and emerging artists from traditional art market sources, such as galleries and auction houses. By the late 1980s, Novo Arts recognized a growing need for art in corporate spaces, where budget constraints denied clients the possibility of accumulating art collections. In response, Novo Arts introduced the Studio Art Program - a group of artists collaboratively working under art direction to create artworks. The corporate community embraced the progressive model as it made customized, original art obtainable for a fraction of its comparative market value. And, since the art was tailored to each client, it could easily correlate to each client’s values and business goals.

We have remained flexible and inventive, and have expanded our expertise to include a unique array of services and products, including the Studio Art Program, Fine Art Consulting, Graphic Art and Design, an online Image Bank, as well as art ranging from prints to glass and sculpture. In recent years, Novo Arts has expanded to accommodate the hospitality industry’s unique needs, and has worked on multiple projects worldwide, providing high volume art with quick turnaround. We work with a diverse clientele across industries, including residential, hospitality, healthcare and corporate environments. The Novo Arts team includes professionals with decades of collective experience in the fields of fine art, art history, graphic design, print production, photography, and videography and project management.

Novo Arts has a showroom in Union Square in Manhattan, a 7500 sq. ft. art studio in Chelsea and representatives around the globe.