Meet the Team

  • Margaret Rose Apuatimi

    SCREEN PRINTING, SEWING & DESIGN

    Country: Malawu Wangarru
    Tribe: Brolga & Mullet
    Dance: Pig

  • Janelle Puruntatameri

    PATTERN CUTTING

    Country: Pajuwapura
    Tribe: March fly
    Dance: Rainbow Serpent

  • Theresa ( Tara )

    ARTIST, SCREEN PRINTING

  • Marita Kantilla

    SEWING & DESIGN

    Country: Malawu Wangarru
    Tribe: Rock
    Dance: Pig

  • Sister Val Pedrolini

    SEWING, VOLUNTEER

  • Tamsin Kantilla

    CLEANING, COOKING, STUDIO SUPPORT

    Country: Malawu Wangarru
    Tribe: Brolga & Mullet
    Dance: Pig

  • Teresia ( Marmalade ) Portaminni

    SEWING

    Country: Wurankuwu
    Tribe: Mullet
    Dance: Buffalo

  • Viola Kerinauia

    SCREEN PRINTING & DESIGN

    Country: Mantiyupwi
    Tribe: Stingray
    Dance: Shark & Dingo

  • Lucia Pilakui

    SEWING

    Country: Port Hurd
    Tribe: Flying Fox
    Dance: Crocodile

  • Donna Russell

    MANAGER

  • Jaymi-Lee Miller

    STUDIO COORDINATOR

  • Cypanthea

    SEWING

  • Carmel Munkara

    SCREEN PRINTING

  • Anne Papajua

    STUDIO ASSISTANT

The studio began as a creative and cultural enterprise led by Tiwi women to support local employment and preserve cultural knowledge through design.

Today, Bima Wear continues to grow, with some of the founding women still contributing their time and experience in the studio. Their leadership and cultural knowledge remain central to everything we create.