Imata earned her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and has studied at the Art Students League of New York, Scuola de Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, Italy, and independently in Spain for 6 months on travel grant. Imata has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in the U.S., Italy, and Japan. She received Artist in Residence in the Governors Island and Bryant Park in summer 2012. Her experiences at the residency were featured in Plein Air Magazine and New York Times. Her work has also appeared in American Artist Magazine. She teaches at the Jackson Heights Art Club and Chelsea Classical Studio, represented at The Good Gallery (CT).