Gianpistone was born in Rome in 1929. In his youth he developed a passion for painting, which, together with theater and sculpture, would characterize his long artistic career.

In 1957 he participated in the “International Biennial of Carrara,” and from 1958 he worked on the sets of important theatrical performances.

In 1966 he founded the Studio Arte Equipe ’66, in Testaccio, the neighborhood where he was born, and there he hosted popular events related to avant-garde theater, poetry, jazz and international folklore. His incessant passion for discovery and knowledge of the world led him to travel to Europe, the United States, South America, Africa, the Middle East, China, Japan and India.

Central to his research are social issues. Master Gianpistone explored the fragility of the human soul in the face of the hypocrisy of mass society and its alienation as a consequence of the violence of the new media; in his works, natural beauty is sometimes suffocated by industrial progress.

Gianpistone made an indelible contribution to anthropological and sociological research as a therapist and researcher in pedagogy. He was a stalwart promoter of cultural initiatives, and his social engagement was significant. Artistically, he received numerous awards in Italy and abroad, and his works are part of numerous public and private collections. His most significant pictorial cycles, such as Natura Mirabilis, I Colori del Sacro, Le vie della seta, Le origini della scrittura, Ierofanie, Shambhala and Mediterraneo, have been exhibited, other than in Italy, in Paris, Munich, Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Oslo, Edinburgh, Barcelona, Athens, Istanbul, Mumbai, Bangkok, Jakarta, Budapest, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vienna and Aachen.

Gianpistone died in Rome in 2020.