Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
New York and Tucson-based design studio Aranda\Lasch designs buildings, installations, and furniture through a deep investigation of structure and materials. Recognition includes the United States Artists Award, Young Architects Award, Design Vanguard Award, AD Innovators, and the Architectural League Emerging Voices Award. Their early projects are the subject of the book, Tooling. Aranda\Lasch has exhibited internationally in galleries, museums, design fairs, and biennials. Chris Lasch is President at The School of Architecture (founded by Frank Lloyd Wright as The Taliesin Fellowship) at Arcosanti and Cosanti in Arizona. Benjamin Aranda is Assistant Professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York.
Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham, 1973-2024) was a community leader, nationally recognized advocate for Native communities, and renowned artist. In 1996, Johnson co-founded Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA), a grassroots community organization dedicated to creating positive programs based in the O’odham Himdag–the Desert People’s Way. In 2002, Johnson and TOCA Co-Director Tristan Reader were recognized as one of the nation’s top leadership teams when they received the Ford Foundation’s Leadership for a Changing World Award. Johnson’s collaborations range from museum exhibitions to documentaries and book publications. In October 1999, Johnson was named one of “America’s top ten young community leaders” by the Do Something Foundation.
In 2009-10, Johnson walked from Maine to Arizona as a part of “The Walk Home: A Journey to Native Wellness,” bringing awareness to the crisis of Diabetes in Native communities and highlighting how communities can create wellness by drawing upon their rich cultural traditions.
As an artist, Johnson began learning to weave baskets in school when he was just ten years old. He is recognized as one of the top Native American basket weavers in the U.S. He was awarded the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation 2022 Award in Craft and has won top honors at shows such as Santa Fe Indian Market, O’odham Tash, the Heard Museum Fair, and the Southwest Indian Art Fair. His work is in the permanent collections of museums such as the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and the Heard Museum.
As collaborators, Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson’s exhibitions include Baskets in 2006 at Artists Space in New York, NY, Meeting the Clouds Halfway in 2016 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, AZ, Coil & Cloud in 2017 and Bundling in 2022 at Volume Gallery, and Unraveling at the Sarasota Art Museum in Sarasota, FL in 2021. Art in Embassies of the U.S. Department of State commissioned a large-scale structural weaving by the artists now installed at the new U.S. Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay. Their work is in the permanent collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, The Denver Art Museum, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Available Work
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Horse hair, Sinew, Copper
48h x 20w x 13d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Brass, Agave Fiber, Sinew
50h x 28w x 7d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Brass, Agave Fiber, Sinew
12h x 18w x 12d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Agave Fiber, Abaca
24h x 17w x 9d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Volcanic Rock, Agave Fiber, Hemp
14h x 9w x 9d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Volcanic Rock, Jute
21h x 11w x 10d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Mesquite Bark, Jute, Abaca
16h x 13w x 11d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Agave Fiber, Hemp, Abaca
21h x 13w x 18d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Creosote, Hemp, Abaca
17h x 17w x 16d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Volcanic Rock, Jute
13h x 11w x 11d in
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Painted steel
Unique
18 x 30 x 30 inches
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Wire Coil 05 with Yucca / 2016
Steel wire, nylon, yucca paper
Unique
24 x 26 x 24
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Bear grass, sinew, steel wire
Unique
26 x 22 x 24 inches
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Wood, yucca, sinew
Unique
16 x 16 x 12 inches
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Bear grass, sinew, steel wire
Unique
16 x 16 x 13 inches
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Bear grass, sinew, steel wire
Unique
24 x 24 x 21
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Steel wire, nylon
Unique
24 x 26 x 24
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Horsehair, waxed nylon
Unique
14 x 14 x 16 inches
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson
Steel wire, nylon
Unique
20 x 18 x 26 inches