He believed that the creative personality is a means of bridging the gaping holes that digitalization has made between man and nature, between life and art.

[3] Malyshko obtains an apartment in Dnipropetrovsk, lands a position at the municipal executive committee's architectural and artistic workshop, and begins working on intriguing projects.

[3][6] In the early 1970s, Malyshko was a member of the unofficial art circle in Kyiv, together with Boris Plaksiy, Ivan Marchuk, Feodosiy Tetianych and others.

[6] Malyshko has actively contributed to laying the groundwork for a new generation of Ukrainian wooden sculptors since 1993, showcasing his creations in exhibits in Germany, Hungary, and Austria.

His solo shows included Колір Середовище at the gallery Совіарт in 1999, Відлуння at the Ukrainian House in 2005, and Сила людського духу: Скульптура, живопис at the Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine.

[6] He co-author (together with Nazar Bilyk) of the "Killed Sons of Ukraine" granite Cossack Cross project, which was erected in 2004 at the Sandarmokh monument in the Republic of Karelia.