Viki Van Hout trained at the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) Dance College. She was granted an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) award for overseas study and graduated from the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, New York, United States of America. After graduating in 1993 she was invited to perform with the Bangarra Dance Theatre and danced with the company both nationally and internationally. Viki Van Hout was the recipient of the inaugural choreographic fellowship residency at the Australian Choreographic Centre, Canberra.