Dan Belcher lives in his home town of St. Louis, Missouri.  He received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University in 1992.

Since his first professional sand sculpture project in 1990, Dan has had the privilege of working with, and competing against, most of the top sculptors in the profession, while creating numerous projects throughout North America, Australia, Japan, Italy and the Middle East. 

Since 1994 he has worked with his teammates to win:
9 Team World Championships
 The 2006 Doubles World Championship 

Dan is also the current 2007 Solo World Champion.
This is in addition to his 2006 & 2005 titles, making 3 in a row.
This is the first time this has ever been accomplished.

When not keeping a busy schedule working professional sand sculpture projects and contests, Dan is also an Urban Designer/ Illustrator with HNTB Corporation.