Jose G. Aggari Jr. discovered his passion for art and music as a child growing up in a family of artists. He is accomplished in painting, sculpture and architecture, and is also a gifted percussionist and saxophonist. Aggari left the Philippines for Chicago at age 13, and studied art and architecture at Wright College and the University of Illinois. His paintings possess an intricate, narrative quality which when viewed from a distance, may seem abstract and expressionistic.