Parmakelis completed his basic education in Heraklion, Crete and then studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts with a state scholarship.
[1] Upon returning to Greece, he taught drawing and sculpture at the Doxiadis Technology Institute the Vakalo School of Art and Design and the Democritus University of Thrace.
His work is anthropocentric, characterized by elliptical figures that combine solid structure and expressive mobility.
[2] Examples are exhibited at museums, public spaces, private institutions and organizations in Greece, Europe and the Americas.
[3] In 2011, he was elected a member of the Academy of Athens in the section of Letters and Fine Arts.