Regina Vater is one of the Brazilian pioneers in the use of video as an art form. Her first work in video, shot in Paris in 1974 upon the invitation of Ruth Escobar, was a poetic documentary about Escobar's theater group from S.Paulo, which was later finished by Andrea Tonachi. Regina made her second video, "Miedo", in 1975, sponsored by CAYC of Buenos Aires. Most of her extensive video work was realized with very limited budget. Her videos were shown in several American festivals. Examples of the many awards and honors her work has received are, among others: honors from the American Film Institute; the Best of ACTV Programming; Video Travel Grants Pilot From the Arts International & National Endowment; "My Own Home Town" award for video; GPIA grant from Program for Interdisciplinary Artists - Southwest Alternate Media Project and New Jersey Council for the Arts Fellowship. As an artist, Regina has also received many other international awards, such as a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1980 which brought her to the U.S. From 1980 to 1985, she lived, worked intensively and had many shows in New York. Besides showing her work, Regina also helped to promote the work of other Latin-American artists by organizing several different shows. In 1982, Regina was also one of the editors of a series published in FLUE, the art magazine published by Franklin Furnace of New York. That was the first time an American art magazine dedicated a whole edition to Latin-American experimental art.