Peter Jogo was born in Deposit, New York and studied at the State University of New York at Albany and received a Master of Fine Arts degree at Cornell University. He currently lives and works in Pennsylvania.
Jogo has been awarded the Strathmore Award for Watercolor Excellence from the Butler Institute of American Art, purchase awards from the Pratt Graphics Center, DeCordova Museum, North Carolina Print and Drawing Society, the Print Club of Philadelphia, and the University of Wisconsin.