Friederike Schmid (Lic. oec. HSG) is an independent project manager and curator of art projects with her company combyart.ch since more than 25 years. This includes art projects for new developments, neighborhood redevelopments, traffic spaces and large real estate investments. She is in charge for the whole process from the competition to the realization of the artistic intervention. Over the years she established a unique network of national and international artists. Since 2017 she is the curator of WhiteSpaceBlackBox and since 2022 vice president of the «Fondation WhiteSpaceBlackBox».