Yannis Parmakelis

Yiannis Parmakelis (; born 27 June 1932 Heraklion) is a Greek sculptor best known for his metal statues and medals.

Biography Parmakelis completed his basic education in Heraklion, Crete and then studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts with a state scholarship. His teachers in Athens included the painter Yiannis Moralis and the sculptor Yiannis Pappas (el). During 1961–1964, after winning a state scholarship foundation grant, he continued his studies at the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied with Ossip Zadkine and Robert Couturier. Examples are exhibited at museums, public spaces, private institutions and organizations in Greece, Europe and the Americas. In 2011, he was elected a member of the Academy of Athens in the section of Letters and Fine Arts.