Robert Kogge studied at the Parson's School of Design and has been a visiting artist at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, from institutions including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Adolf and Esther Gottleib Foundation, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and more. Kogge has had numerous solo exhibitions at galleries in New York, San Francisco, Nashville, and Birmingham.

His work is in the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery, Ivan Karp, New Jersey State Museum, The Hunter Museum, Chase Manhattan Bank, Rutgers University, and several other institutions. His works are represented in several contemporary art textbooks for all levels of education.