Mykola Malyshko

Mykola Oleksiiovych Malyshko (; born 15 February 1938) is a Ukrainian sculptor and teacher who became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine in 1976, and a laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize.

Early life and education Malyshko was born on 15 February 1938, in the Ukrainian village of Znamenivka. Since he was young, he had a soft spot for the historical art. He traveled to Kaliningrad, where his brother Anton is employed as a drama theater artist. He had his first creative experience by aiding his sibling. Malyshko graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Art School in 1961, and received his degree from the Kyiv National Art Institute in 1967. He works in the fields of monumental art, graphics, and easel painting. He worked briefly in Mariupol after graduating from the institute.

Artistry Malyshko is sensitive to the passing of time, its minute variations, and live contemporary forms of reality. He sees it as his task to discover a shape that has significance rather than just brilliant expressive tools. 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. Among the artistic triumphs are the tomb crosses, which serve as memorials to notable soldiers for Ukraine's independence, and the memorial cross honoring the victims of the Holodomor-Genocide of 1933, which is situated in the hamlet of Myrivka in the Kaharlyk Raion of Kyiv Oblast.

Awards and recognitions

Malyshko has received awards and recognitions such as: Arsenale Awards of the First Kyiv Biennale of Contemporary Art (2012) Vasyl Stus Award (1998) Laureate in the nomination Artist of the Year, Golden Section (1997) Member of the Union of Soviet Artists of Ukraine (1976)