Honored artist of Russia. Honorary diploma of the Ministry of culture of Russia (1967). Malenkova D. was born in Ivanovo region. Graduated from the Penza art school (1945-1949) and the Kharkov state art Institute (1949-1955). Works mainly in the field of genre paintings. Member of the Union of artists of Russia since 1960. Since 1955 - the constant participant of regional exhibitions. Exhibitor of zonal ("Great Volga", 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1998, 2003), Republican (Moscow, 1957, 1960, 1977, 1980, 1985; Tula, 1977), all-Union (Moscow, 1957) art exhibitions.
Solo exhibitions: N. Novgorod, 1978, 1999. He taught at the finished the art school (1955-1958).