Maria José Aguilar was born in the city of Sevilla, in the centre’s San Lorenzo district.
she spent her childhood and early adolescence among her native city, the bay of Cadiz and the Jaén mountains.
From early on she showed artistic leanings and gifts fed by appropriate surroundings. She grew up with a passion for the great spanish masters, especially Velázquez, Murillo, Zurbarán and Valdés Leal, etc.