Vidal Aguilar is a son of Joe & Helen Aguilar and a brother of Robert Aguilar.  He is a grandson of Lorencita Pacheco.  He makes some of the largest polychrome ollas at Santo Domingo in the Aguilar family tradition. His pottery is hand coiled and polished. His black paint is a mineral pigment used centuries ago, rather than the typically used Guaco or Mountain Bee plant. His red and white paints are natural clay. He fires his pottery in a pit.

Vidal Aguilar is a descendant of the famous Aguilar family of potters dating back to the late 1800s with the famous Aguilar sisters: Felipita Aguilar Garcia and Asuncion Aguilar Caté.