Asad's work explores Iranian history and mythology through the depiction of humans, animals and landscapes both real and imagined. The figures in the paintings serve as architectural structures propping up narratives of identity, nationality and culture.  Woven into the paintings are a deep connection with nature and mysticism rooted in Iran’s pre-Islamic culture. 
 
Featuring figures loosely based on historical archetypes of kings, queens and magi, masked, anonymous and often hollow, each painting is a vignette that relates to specific, ancient and recent historic events in Iran, including the constitutional revolution of 1951 and the CIA backed coup of 1953.