Omborrin was a senior Ngarinyin artist who worked through Manambarra Aboriginal Artists. Born around 1935 at Kunmunya on the Kimberley coast, he was considered one of the most important songman of the Ngarinyin, and since 2003 when he began painting established a strong reputation as an painter of Wandjina, spirit figures and country. He was a five time finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, along with being a finalist in the Sulman Prize, The Blake Prize, The Alice Prize and the Fletcher Jones Geelong Painting Prize.