[2] In 2016, Johnson collaborated with the Aranda\Lasch architectural studio on an exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art entitled "Meeting the Clouds Halfway," which combined traditional designs using natural desert materials with computer-generated patterns.

[3][4] Johnson won major top awards at Santa Fe Indian Market, O'odham Tash (the Tohono O'odham annual festival held in February), the Heard Museum Guild Fair, and the Southwest Museum's Indian Art Fair.

[2] With his business partner Tristan Reader, Terrol Johnson founded Tohono O'odham Community Action (TOCA) in 1996.

The nonprofit community development organization operates a basketry cooperative, farms, and sells indigenous foods.

In 2013, TOCA launched a national magazine covering the community organizing, culinary innovation, and cultural significance of Native American foods.