Imiyari was born in Ernabella in 1954. She has been coming to the art centre since she was a young woman and has worked across many different mediums over the years.
Imiyari is an accomplished batik artist, tjanpi weaver, an expert mukata (beanie) maker as well as being a painter. She is the mother of Priscilla and Sandra Adamson, who are up and coming artists, and aunt of emerging break through artist Tjulyata Kulyuru. Imiyari has works in the collections of the National Museum of Australia and the National Museum of Scotland.
Imiyari is a softly spoken but highly respected senior artist and community elder. She was an Ernabella Arts Board member in 2022 and 2023.
