Imiyari was born in Ernabella in 1954. She is an accomplished batik artist, tjanpi weaver, an expert beanie (mukata) maker and painter. She is the mother of Priscilla Adamson, another up and coming ceramic artist. She has works in the collections of the National Museum of Australia and the National Museum of Scotland.

In 2012 Imiyari was a finalist in the Togart Contemporary Art Awards.

She recently began to develop her own unique style of painting. Her recent paintings have been exhibited at Araluen Art Centre as part of the Desert Mob, Rising Stars at Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Short Street Gallery in Broome, APY Gallery in Adelaide and Aboriginal Signature in Brussels.