Common materials include speakers systems, solar panels, vehicles and shipping containers, all of which Hope combines into electromechanical sculptures that invite environmental input and flirt with the human scale .

[4] Recent work includes "Spectrum Divide", a solo show at Saamlung Gallery,[5][6] "Sonic Furnace" featured in the Get It Louder Biennial, Shanghai in 2010,[7] "People's Power Station" at the Chengdu Biennale in 2011[8][9] and "Laoban Soundsystem: Infinite Baffle" at a cargo container storage bay in Hong Kong.

[12][13] In 2015, Matt Hope had his first solo show at Ace Gallery in Los Angeles, featured sketches, drawings and a set of 10 Towers made of parts bought from the now defunct, Sun Dragon Hardare market in the outskirts of Beijing.

[3] "Breath" is bike built by Hope that combines various found objects, including an electromechanical filtration system, that filters air while pedalling.

[24] In February 2019, his drawings were exhibited by Stefan Simchowitz as part of the Newsstand Project in a show titled, Sleight of Hand curated by Alexis Hyde.