Andrew Ogus was born in and raised near Washington D.C. The first of two separate year-long forays to the Middle East led to a childhood sojourn in Rome and a visit to Pompeii . Both continue to influence him today.

In 1970 he spent the first of three summers in Cummington Community of the Arts in Massachusetts before moving to the West Coast to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts.

In the 1980s he be became a member of the Fort Mason Printmakers. A drawing class at City College of San Francisco led him to prepare papers with color washes, adding lithography ink via a press.  He collages printed scraps on sauced when appropriate.

Andrew Ogus is a member of the City Art Gallery cooperative in San Francisco, California. His work has won an award from the Tom of Finland Foundation and is in their permanent collection. It has appeared in various publications. One of his drawings is in the De Young Open 2023.