Nancy Ngali is one of the weaving leaders of Rumah Garie. She comes from a family of weavers, learning her skills from her mother and grandmother. She has also been invited to several international exhibitions to demonstrate the art of Iban weaving.

Her community of about 50 women is the only team of Iban "Pua-kumbu" or warp-ikat weavers who has accomplished using the silk yarn for their traditional weaving in natural dyes.

Nancy has won several weaving competitions in Pua-Kumbu; and the silk textiles have been accorded the UNESCO-AHPADA Craft Seal of Excellence in 2000; as well as the "G" mark - a seal of Good Design from the Japan Industrial Design Development Organisation (JIDPO) in 2003.

She has also been invited to several international exhibitions to demonstrate the art of Iban weaving:

Baguio Museum, Philippines - 1994
Voyageurs du Monde, Paris, France - 1996
Jim Thompson Foundation, Royal Siam Society, Bangkok, Thailand - 1998
Gothenburg Ethnographic Museum, Sweden - 1999
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, Australia - 2001
Silk Lab Gallery, Tokyo; Gallery Terra, Kyoto, Japan - 2002
East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii - 2003
Exhibtition tour to 10 cities in North America (Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Ana, Chicago, Washington, New York, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Honolulu) - 2003
Museum of Pre-Colombian Arts, Santiago, Chile - 2003
Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 2004
Exhibition tour to Santa Fe, Kansas City, Seattle, San Francisco, 2006
Exhibition tour to Santa Fe, Washington DC, New York, 2007

and several exhibitions in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and the nearby ASEAN region.

Nancy is also an accomplished Iban "ngajat" dancer; and has performed wherever she has been invited to demonstrate her weaving art.