Mark Uriu
Co-Founder

I first came to NY to pursue a career in art and modern dance choreography in 1978. My first exposure to decorative finishing came while on my own personal ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe, where I found work in London with the decorating firm Colchester Lister Assoc.

Upon returning to NY, I started to paint apartments solely to support my other creative endeavors. Then out of the blue, Colefax and Fowler came calling on therecommendation of my old employers in England.

We project managed, built, painted, decorated and help furnish our first major project for them. The senior partner at Colefax at the time, Imogen Taylor, become my mentor in this field. At this time, many of the interior designers in NY were emulating the English style, and we soon became so busy, that I was forced to abandon my other pursuits.

40 years later,I am still at it, having taken on two more partners, and expanded the company and our repertoire to cover all manners of decorative painting, gilding, plastering and wood finishing, as well as all the underlying preparation.