How do you want to get the reaction done if you are not exchanging electrons with the solution??
Yes, as Alexandre says, you cannot have electrodeposition without the exchange of electrical charge at the surface of the electrode.
ITO is a common electrode material when you require the electrode to be transparent, and there are many other materials you could use.
If you not has surface conductive for reaction transfer electrons will one isolant, not have transmission of the current
Electrodeposition on a non-conductive surface is in fact a strange idea. What do you want to deposit on your ITO? There are so many coating techniques that work with non-conductive substrates, I'm sure there'll be a way.
If you want/need to use electrodeposition on a non-conducting substrate, maybe you could coat the substrate with a thin metal film, say by evaporation, and then electro-deposit on it.
But it really depends on your material, I think that a general answer is impossible.
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