He studied at Chelsea School of Art, London in 1994-1996. Hope received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Winchester School of Art, Hampshire, United Kingdom in 1999, and earned his Master of Fine Arts at University of California, San Diego in 2004.
He is known for elaborate kinetic art and sound art constructions made in large-scale fabrication factories in Mainland China. He is represented by American Council on Exercise Gallery, Los Los Angeles